One day, a girl named Clara Grossman saw her life shattered into ruins. She had the freedom she wanted, but it was taken away from her by Adolf Hitler. She witnessed her own journey, first to a ghetto and then to the most famous extermination camp, Auschwitz. Horrible scenes and grueling work left her a mess. If you were put in Clara's place, what would your reaction be? In 1940, ten years after the Nazis took power in Hungary; Hungary established anti-Jewish laws. But four years later, Germany decided to invade Hungary to eliminate the last remaining Jewish population in Europe, the Hungarian Jews. At the same time, Auschwitz was becoming an infamous camp where death was commonplace. In total, 1.1 million Jews were effectively killed during the Holocaust at Auschwitz. Soon you will learn about the preparations made by the Germans to commit genocide and a Hungarian Jew's experience of the Holocaust. First, the Germans employed Nazi experts and increased their special units. Otto Moll was transferred to Auschwitz to direct the massacre. (Braham). “Come on, come on, you lazy bastards, move forward, faster!” Moll cried out for cruelty towards his workers (Eyewitness to Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers). The Nazis also hired Rudolf Höss as commander of Auschwitz (Braham) and Adolf Eichmann as responsible for the deportation of Hungarian Jews (1944). The Special Squad, Sonderkommando and Canada have also been significantly upgraded by using more prisoners. The Sonderkommando, which operated the crematoriums, was increased from 224 to 860 (Braham). Then Canada, which sorted the spoils of the gassed prisoners, was increased to more than 1,000 (Eyewitness to Auschwitz: Three years in the gas...... middle of paper ...... home. At As a result of learning about the Holocaust, I am moved to no longer allow such a thing in history. Whether that includes bullying in my school, jokes about a specific race, or even a country's attempt to. 'exterminate certain people, I will speak about it and! The conditions endured by the Jews are too harsh and this should never happen again! nd 123-133. "Czech, Danuta. Chronicle of Auschwitz 1939-1945: From the archives of the Auschwitz Memorial and the German Federal Archives 1989. Braham, Randolph L. "Hungarian Jews: preparatory work at Auschwitz." nd 462. -463.Grossman, Clara Clara Grossman Audio Testimony Midwest Center for Holocaust Education. August 26, 1999. Audio.