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Essay / The Holocaust and Holocaust Survivors longest and most prolific events ever, the Holocaust. During this time, Hitler rose to power and developed a plan calling for the creation of the Aryan race by implementing the Final Solution. In this plan, Jews along with many other undesirables were captured and eventually imprisoned in one of the many concentration camps established throughout Europe. These camps were built with two main purposes: to kill those deemed unfit for work or to perform heavy labor that would be used to support the German war effort. The brutal treatment of prisoners during the Holocaust can result in individuals, families, and even an entire community finding themselves locked in cattle trucks and struggling to survive for days. These poor and helpless people had absolutely no information about what was happening, where they were going, how long it would take, or what would happen to them once they reached their destination. The survivors of the holocaust will not forget what was only the beginning of their morbid experience of the journey: “About twenty wagons were waiting for us... There were 70 to 80 people in a wagon... At the end At one point there was a dull sound of the latches closing... the whistle sounded and the train began to move slowly. It was April 7, 1943. Locked up and cramped, we left our homeland, without being able to see it. » Said Jack, a 15-year-old boy explaining what he vividly remembers about this unreal reality. Also sharing his perspective on things, a 17-year-old young man named Moshe exclaimed: “The doors were closed, leaving us almost in the dark. The gates were also closed to prevent any escape. Air only entered through the cracks. So we traveled for 24 hours, without food or water. We were hungry and thirsty. But the desire and hope of seeing our families again made us forget everything else. (the holocaust explained). As we noted, this was an extremely inhumane way of doing things, which the Nazis did not like, as it was their preference. Many young, old, sick or weak died during this journey because of the cold-blooded transportation (holocaust explained). While the prisoners were stuck inside the transports, some may have started to hope that things would get better once this was all over. Once they got to the gate and the door was opened, they then saw their first glimpse of the sun since they left. the ghettos, their first taste of a new place where all they could do was wish they were
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