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Letter To Mother: Bergen-Belsen Holocaust

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Dear Mother 4/12/17 I found some paper today and I wanted to write to you. I know it’s only been a few weeks since they took me to this camp and split us up but I still miss you a lot. I’m doing good, the camp that they brought me to isn’t too bad. We eat well, and there are not a lot of people (Bergen-Belsen United). I thought it would be more crowded, but it’s not. I’ve heard stories about the concentration camps, how sickness spreads and the food is scarce, the number of people there can be, but it's bearable (Bergen-Belsen Camp). The camp is big, there are at least four other camps that they keep people in (Bergen-Belsen), I don’t know how it is over there but I can only hope it’s decent. People from the other camps have come over here …show more content…

This camp, I can’t explain to you the amount of people and sickness that is in Haftling Lager camp (Bergen-Belsen Holocaust). There are so many people dying every day of sickness and hunger, there is very little food and water (Bergen-Belsen Holocaust). There are bodies everywhere, just lying on the ground rotting, they didn’t even bother to bury them (Bergen-Belsen Eastern). There were so many dying in here that they moved some of us out to a new camp called Sternen Lager or “Star” camp as most people call it, (Bergen-Belsen Holocaust) it is better than the last camp I was at, there are about 4,100 Jews alone (Bergen-Belsen …show more content…

Jews have to wear yellow stars on their clothes,( Bergen-Belsen) I never really understood the point in that, but I guess I’ll never really understand it. I have to wear a blue and gray striped shirt and pants, I’m just grateful I have clothes to keep me warm. I haven’t been feeling too well lately, I think I might be coming down with something. There have been a lot of people getting sick lately, most of the prisoners in Haftling Lager have Lice and Typhus, that seems to be going around lately (Bergen-Belsen Camp). I think it’s just a cold or something, but I’ve had it for weeks. This camp is growing and things seem to be shrinking, the food, fresh water, and even housing seem to be getting less and more crowded (Bergen-Belsen unites). People don’t talk much, I think they're too scared, I’m scared to. The guards are mean, they treat us less than human and I don’t know why we did nothing to them. I just miss you guys, I hope everything's okay back home, man I don’t even know if you’ll get this. I just know that I want this to be over, this camp, seeing all these people like this. There’s nothing, no happiness, no emotion, just nothing. I would hope for things to get better but I see no point. Things won’t get better all there is, is working for nothing and trying to survive in this

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