Many lives were lost during the German’s attempt to wipe out all Jews, and those who lived lost a part of their life during this time. The young boys lost their childhood and ‘innocences’. They witness more death and suffering than anywhere in the country. Today, there is still death and violence against others.
Madilyn Kolb Jillian Clever Writing- B2 April 17, 2024 The Kindertransport “Kindertransport” was the informal name of a series of rescue efforts between 1938 and 1940. These rescue efforts brought thousands of refugee children, the vast majority of them Jewish, to Great Britain from Nazi Germany” (Kindertransport, 1938-1940). The Kindertransport was an organized effort to save Jewish people from being persecuted in World War II. The Kindertransport was an important aspect in the Holocaust because of why children were sent away and where they ended up, how they were impacted by the Kindertransport, and the challenges they faced along the way.
Hitler began his fourth wave. “”The News is terrible,” he said at last. And then one word: “Transports.” The ghetto was to be liquidated entirely. Departures were to take place street by street, starting the next day.”
The transportation of Jewish children from the concentration camps they were held was tremendously difficult for people like Irena Sendler. Sendler transferred the Jewish children from the concentration camps with
First, they forced them into ghettos. Then, the Nazis forced them into trains that took them to Auschwitz. Next, his mother and younger sister were killed by the Nazis. Although the conditions were horrific, there were still small acts of kindness that changed things for them. Some things that gave
We appointed a Jewish Council, a Jewish police, an office for social assistance, a labor committee, a hygiene department --a whole government machinery. “(pg 16). However, just when the Jewish Ghetto seemed to be almost normal in the memoir Night Elie then describes how the Jewish leaders are told they must choose the next list of victims for whatever the Nazi party had in store for them or else they would choose randomly. The Leader of the Ghetto made the painful decision to write down the names of the sick, the elderly, and those who couldn’t work including younger ages of children. ”’I have terrible news,’ he said at last.
Throughout Chris Bodenner’s article, “The Holocaust: Did the U.S. Do Enough to Stop the Killing?”discussing the issues on whether the United States government truly did everything they could to stop the Holocaust. Some would state that the United States continues further delaying the efforts to assist the Jewish refugees. Whereas others would state that the United States used all of their resources that could be provided to better help the Jewish people in this great time of need. Further stating, “The U.S. has saved more Jews than all other countries combined” (2). Two valid beliefs on the United States’s contribution to the survival of the Jewish refugees.
When the creation of the Warsaw ghetto began German SS and police unite would move thousands of Jews to the Treblinka killing center. About 265,000 Jews deported were killed and about 35,000 Jews inside the ghetto were killed. Right away Irena Sendler and with the help of others took action and smuggled children out of the ghetto by an ambulance, in a potato sacks, in coffins, and many more. The Jewish Virtual Library also declared that, “Irena Sendler accomplished her incredible deeds with the active assistance of the church”(Paragraph 12). After the children were out of the ghetto Sendler gave each child a new identity and placed them in orphanages, schools, private homes, and etc. to be protected.
Jews were taken from their houses to be sent in concentration camps. More than six million of people went inside there were women, children, and men. Elie Wiesel describes in his book Night that, “They began to walk without another glance at the abandoned streets, the dead, empty houses,the gardens, the tombstones, on everyone’s back there was a sack”(16-17). This explain, how Jews were taken of their own freedom and went to concentration camps. The poem “First they came for the Jews” by Martin Niemoller relates that, “First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew”.
In the year 1939 there were 907 Jewish refugees aboard the German transatlantic liner St. Louis, who were seeking refuge from Nazi Germany. When the Jewish people arrived at Canada, Canada refused to take the refugees in and the ship was forced to sail back to Europe. Once arriving in Europe the Jewish people were sent back to concentration camps were 254 of them died, while many of the Jewish refugees didn’t even make it to the concentration camps. Plenty of the Jewish refugees got sick while they were on the St. Louis and could not seek medical attention once they got back to Europe. (Beswick, Bureau, 2015)
“This life-saving work was done with help from non-Jewish persons and institutions”(Gossels and Wetherell 1). This work alone exemplifies the amount of moral courage done by the OSE on a daily basis. The Jews were hated during this era of World War 2 and yet so many people found the right will in their hearts to make an attempt to save these infant prisoners of war. “This is a story of courage and determination, a story of sacrifice, loyalty and dedication”(D’lzieu, Maison 1). The OSE displays moral
The 1,000 prisoners who believe they have been rescued from the gruesome, and horrid place were turned back to the same horrible treatment of the camps. Even though the countries of the world knew, even though the Jewish people were almost at the edge of freedom, the world still decided to be indifferent. Indifference was displayed when the world was indifferent to the suffering of
Debates happened all around the world on discussing if the country should interfere with the nazis. However, America’s debates were much more worrisome, because of the large Jewish population, and the large number of jews who escaped Europe. Due to America having no starting plan, a meeting was held between America and Britain to discuss how to handle the problem (Nazism, the Jews and American Zionism, Paper Walls: America and the Refugee Crisis, The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust). At the end of the discussion, president Roosevelt decided to make his own rescue team to help save jews (Nazism, the Jews and American Zionism, Paper Walls: America and the Refugee Crisis, The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust).
Studies have shown from an experiment conducted by a well-known psychologist in the twentieth century, Walter Mischel, that children who decided to delay gratification would gain better outcomes in their lives such as receiving high test scores and better skills in general. The Marshmallow Experiment shows that delaying gratification will improve children's lives. Even though children will possibly not include delaying gratification in their lives when they grow older, parents should teach their children to delay gratification for better lifestyle decisions because children will receive better test scores, retain a healthy diet, have greater social skills and will succeed better in the choices they make. Walter Mischel decided among his colleagues to test the human ability to delay gratification. From this, they created the "Marshmallow Experiment," which consisted that the those conducting will lead a child into a room and offer two choices.
Imagine if you were a Jew during World War 2, how would you feel having to hide your face in public and not get to eat because you need a ration card. Don’t know how you would feel, well you would probably be looking for a place to hide and food, you also might be looking for a new life somewhere else. And if you were lucky enough you found someone who would help. Like Corrie ten Boom and her family who got ration cards and helped bring Jews to safe places one including her own home. Or maybe Oskar Schindler would help you, he joined the Nazi party and bought a factory in Poland where he saved and protected over 1,000 Jews.
