Herbert Norkus's Life And Accomplishments

And finally Stella’s marked her fourteenth birthday- at the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. Her joyful life was forever ruined. Imagine having to be Stella. Having to be in such a hostile environment on such a memorable day. Well this day was for sure remembered just like every other difficult day that these teens had to go through.

Not all the teens during the Holocaust were being oppressed some of them were the oppressors. That still doesn’t mean that their lives couldn’t also changed drastically due to the prejudice. For example, the story of Herbert Norkus. He believed that what he was doing was for the better, and that led to his brutal death. Herbert’s mother, Mrs. Norkus, had forbidden Herbert to join the Hitler Youth. She believed

But after Mrs. Norkus death in 1931, Herbert’s father gave his son permission to join the Hitler Youth, believing it would lift his spirits. And joining Hitler Youth really helped Herbert. He went out more and would constantly join more activities with the group. One morning hanging up flyers with his friend they were approached by the reds. As the reds were charging towards them Herbert’s friend ran into an alley and his behind a trash can. Herbert having nowhere to hide, he kept running. Herbert running to many stores for help but being rejected by all, was finally cornered. The first time he managed to fight them off, but he was once more cornered by the reds and was stabbed six times. He was rushed to the emergency room after finding help, but died shortly after admittance. To the Nazi’s,

One huge example would be, Alicia Jurman. Her life was one of the many that were changed at the snap of a finger. She was eleven years old when Germany invaded eastern Poland. Her father had left when Germans called for Jewish men around the ages 18-50 and never came back home like was said to be done. She refused to believe her father’s fate. Her brother finally got her accept that their father was never coming home. That day she realized that her life was no longer going to be the same. She would have to grow up and quickly learn how to fend for herself. She was left with only her mother and her brother. They were deported into a ghetto that traumatized her for life. When the SS men stared recklessly murdering people, Jurman, her brother, and his girlfriend managed to hide. The girlfriend was later killed when a father of a young boy she was helping study turned into the police. She also believed that her brother was later killed because of a resist group he led. One day as she strolled down the streets she found her brother hanging from a tree. She sobbed under the tree for the next day until she was interrupted by a gun to her head. And at that moment life meant little to her. She lost her other brothers in similar ways. Her life did not get any easier. She would fall into the enemy’s hands three times. The first time was when she escaped