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The article “Teens Against Hitler” by Lauren Tarshis shows many challenges that an innocent boy named Ben had to go through. The article also explains what acts of courage Ben made to get over these challenges. Ben was 18 years old during the plotting one of the darkest times in history. in 1939 German troops invaded Poland with shocking swiftness and brutal efficiency.(7) The german troops and hitler were trying to get rid of Europe's population of 9.5 million jews. 400,000 Jews including Ben’s family were crammed into a little space known as the Warsaw ghetto. Over their time there Ben had learned tricks to sneak out of the ghetto to find food for his family. This amazing act of courage gave Ben enough bravery to fight against the Nazis …show more content…

The holocaust came into germany with great power all the germans listened to hitler when he said “Eliminate the jews, and you will eliminate all of Germany’s problems. Hitler’s influence spread across to europe then many people turned on their jewish neighbors. The text also said “Orphaned children begged in the streets. The dead lay slumped in doorways”(9) for a lot of jews sneaking out was hard but it was crucial for survival. The Nazis were only giving them one tenth of a meal each day. If they didn’t learn to sneak out they would have all …show more content…

With shocking swiftness and brutal efficiency.”(7) This was a challenge because the German troops had weapons, guns, and great power over Europe making them intimidating, scary, and dangerous. This was a challenge for ben because they had no idea that was coming and it happened so fast so there was nothing they could do about it. The text also stated “Some 400,000 Jews were crammed into the ghetto. Ben’s family moved into one small room.”(8) This was a challenge because when there are 400,000 people in a small space it can be very overwhelming. Ben's family had to stay in a one room house which was extremely cramped. The text stated “Orphaned children begged in the streets. The dead lay slumped in doorways. His family was living in despair, sharing their single room with three other families.”(9) This was a challenge because there were children begging in the streets but what would you have to give them. There were dead lying in doorways of their homes so being out there walking around can be super scary and Ben had to do that so he could get food for his family. He had been sneaking out of the ghetto to go to his aunt's house to get food. Luckily he looked polish so it was easy to get food without suspicion. Ben was probably one of the biggest risk takers during this

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It first starts to become hard when elie’s family went to the concentration camp. But in the camp elie’s mother and sister ended up dieing because the Germans had no need for them and they germans weren't able to work them as hard. In the begining of them coming to the camp they were being fed quite well for being in a concentration camp at this time they were fed bread and soup for lunch and dinner but slowly through them being at the camp called “auschwitz” they were slowly being fed less and less portions so throughout it he was given just bread at one point in the middle then it went to just soup but the portions was littler and littler. In the book it talked about having a selection were the germans would pick the weak out of the strong . you would think this would give the living jews more food but in the case it is not true they were actually give less

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The evidence in the passage that supports the disasters in the ghetto are, “Rage at the Nazis burned inside Ben as conditions in the ghetto became increasingly deplorable. One day, a policeman drove through the streets with a smile on his face, firing his gun. He killed a pregnant woman. An epidemic of typhus swept through the crowded apartments, killing thousands. Bodie piled up in the streets.

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In the text it states that “Hitler was plotting a annihilation to come back since World War 1 by offering a scapegoat which was the jewish people.(6) The text also states, “By 1945 the Nazi’s would have killed 6 million jewish men, women and children veya the Nazis and Hitler.(6)Being frightened of your president and having your army go against you when you moved out of their country for being too dangerous to live there with your family. Another challenge that Ben and his family faced was, “Some 400,000 Jews were crammed into the ghetto” and in the text it states, “ Each resident was allotted a tiny ration of food that was barely a tenth of what a person should eat each day” so one thing Ben did was in the text it states, “There were holes in the wall and tunnels that led to the other side. With his blond hair and blue eye’s, Ben blended in easily with the rest of the population. Plus, he had an aunt on the outside.

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