Monologue From Renata Reisfeld's Letter To The Germans

1.“I know this is insane, but I somehow wish I had been in Auschwitz with my parents so I could really know what they lived through.” (Spiegelman 16)

The Holocaust, yet another unpleasant time in history tainted with the blood and suffering of man. Human beings tortured, executed and starved for hatred and radical ideas. Yet with many tragedies there are survivors, those who refused to die on another man’s command. These victims showed enormous willpower, they overcame human degradation and tragedies that not only pushed their beliefs in god, but their trust in fellow people. It was people like Elie Wiesel author of “Night”, Eva Galler,Sima Gleichgevicht-Wasser, and Solomon Radasky that survived, whose’ mental and physical capabilities were pushed to limits that are difficult to conceive. Each individual experiences were different, but their survival tales not so far-reaching to where the fundamental themes of fear, family, religion and self-preservation played a part in surviving. Although some of these themes weren’t always so useful for survival.

It has been days. I stumble, foot over foot to the crack of sunlight that beams into the car. I feel the train rock back and forth, side to side as we tumble over the tracks to a “better life.” A better life. More bread. They care about us. I hear the screech as the cars stop as we are all tossed forward. “Welcome to Auschwitz, Jews.” I hear a man scream be strong. I hear the crack of a whip and gun shots. I know they lied.

During the duration of World War II, the Jewish people of Europe were subjected to such inhumane actions at the hands of the Nazi party. Ellie Wiesel, in his memoir Night, describe this demoralizing treatment in great detail. As the reader delves deeper into Wiesel’s experiences, the dehumanization of the Jewish people becomes greater and greater. First, they were stripped of their possessions, then their names, and finally their dignity, and though the Nazi tried to finally stripped them of their humanity, they were unsuccessful.

In the 1930’s and 40’s, Jews were stripped of their identities and put into death camps by the Nazi soldiers. This is what happened to Elie Wiesel when he was only 15 years old. Elie and his family were captured and put into an extremely large death camp called Auschwitz. As soon as he and his family stepped through the gates, his mother and sister were murdered and Elie and his father were put to work. This memoir, Night, is a description of how Elie stayed alive in the camp and how he lost belief in his religion. When put into a horrible situation, it’s easy to lose faith.

The holocaust can be regarded as one of the most awful events in history and the swastika continues to be a constant reminder of the horrendous acts of hate that were bestowed onto human lives. More than 1 million people were brutally murdered at the hands of an evil dictator named Adolf Hitler. Some of the vivid events and actions that took place during this time have been highlighted in the poem “The Trains” written by William Heyen. Heyen discusses the trains of Treblinka which carried the prized possessions of the many people who had been dropped off to death and/or concentration camps. In the poem, the author attempts to appeal to audiences of the 21st century around the world who do not fully understand the horrific incidents that occurred during the holocaust and the tragedy inflicted on its victims.

Survival in Auschwitz written by Primo Levi is a first-hand description of the atrocities which took place in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. The book provides an explicit depiction of camp life: the squalor, the insufficient food supply, the seemingly endless labour, cramped living space, and the barter-based economy which the prisoners lived. Levi through use of his simple yet powerful words outlined the motive behind Auschwitz, the tactical dehumanization and extermination of Jews. This paper will discuss experiences and reactions of Jews who labored in Auschwitz, and elaborate on the pre-Auschwitz experiences of Jews who were deported to Auschwitz and gassed to death on their arrival, which had not been

This assignment gave me a deeper insight into the minds of the captured, abused, scarred prisoners who found themselves trapped behind the bars of Germans for no reasonable explanation at all. Completing this quote journal helped me realize that they didn't lose all of their humanity, the prisoners and Nazi's both. Although many German soldiers could care less about the thoughts and feelings of the Jews, some showed that their heart still had compassion, even if it was just a little bit. Riva was filled with despondency at times, yet her strength remained and she survived. The memories of her family was with her during the time she was held at camps, and the little bit of hope that they too could be alive still was a reason to keep herself

After reading Night, I will never forget to not to forget. I will not forget the horrible conditions of Auscwitz. I will never ever forget the name Auscwitz. I will never forget the cries of the babies that were burned alive. I will not forget the feeling I had after watching real images that convey the reality of being a prisoner at Auscwitz. I will not forget how important it is to remember and to never loose hope. Because hope summons future. And last but not the least ,I will not forget to cherish , thank and respect my parents.

The Holocaust was a terrifying event that lasted for over 12 years and brought the deaths of about six million Jews. The main cause of death was the concentration camps that the Nazis set up throughout Europe. There, Jews and other minorities were gassed, cremated, shot, and forced to work. Elie Wiesel, author of the memoir Night, was one of the few Jews that survived the Holocaust. In Night, he writes about the harrowing experience of being deported from his home country to a concentration camp, where he and his father are separated from his mother and sister. Although they hadn’t been close before the deportation, Wiesel and his father are left with only each other to rely on, and they endure

“Death wrapped itself around me till I was stifled.” Elie Wiesel was a young boy, only 15 years of age, when he encountered the tortures of the largest concentration camp, Auschwitz. Another Auschwitz survivor, Susan Pollack, experienced the horrors of her family being taken away right before her eyes (Connolly) .The life stories of Elie Wiesel and Susan Pollack are two examples showing the graveness of the mass butchery and abuse the Auschwitz prisoners endured, therefore portraying their immense joy when they were liberated by the Soviet soldiers on January 27,1945 (Wiesel 92).

Next Jews were taken trains as a transportation. These trains gave somber vibes due to the fact that they were always in squalid conditions. Jews were shoved into these trains with no choice. Many people were in these trains at once. Women, men, elderly, and children could all be in the trains at once. They

“We Will Never Forget- Auschwitz” is one of the touching poems written by Alexander Kimel. It depicts the horrifying experience of the Holocaust from the Jews’ perspective. To begin with, “Auschwitz” is an allusion to a concentration camp established by the Nazis in 1940 in Poland and it became an extermination camp in early 1942 (“Glossary of Terms”). This camp witnessed the miserable life of the Jews during that period as well as their extermination.

Imagine yourself in a tiny, dank dungeon with one hundred other people. Now imagine having one piece of bread and a small bowl of soup a day, or less, then working yourself to the point of death. Now imagine surviving all of that for years and living to tell your story. In the book “Night”, by Elie Wiesel, that is exactly what happened. The story of the destruction of the Jewish community is told from the perspective of a survivor of all the cruelty brought upon those people. The Holocaust is a despicable act of cruelty of the Germans, who imprisoned and killed millions of Jews. Although there was much hardship and cruelty among the prisoners, the true loss of identity of the majority of them can be seen through the prisoner’s ID’s, no longer following their religion, and being rationed for food.

Everyone experiences emotional and physiological obstacles in their life. However, these obstacles are incomparable to the magnitude of the obstacles the prisoners of the Holocaust faced every day. In his memoir, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, illustrates the horrors of the concentration camps and their mental tool. Over the course of Night, Wiesel demonstrates, that exposure to an uncaring, hostile world leads to destruction of faith and identity.