Letter To Clara Effect On Ghetto

ghetto, was a concluding statement directed at sparing Clara emotional distress. Ida wrote, “p.s. Clara darling, for the second time within the last two days our departure has been postponed for twenty-four hours, so there is still hope that we will be saved. Do not be tormented by what I have written.” The concern for managing the emotions of others and her preoccupation with the future, is explained through the understanding that spreading despair to Clara is not effective for promoting anyone’s survival. This letter was intended to both calm Clara by providing reassurance, and to prevent Ida from further spreading her sorrow. Ida asks Clara, “I beg you not to tell mother the truth, since it is too awful and I do not want this matter to

Traditional parental responsibilities of raising and looking after children took on a new form where parents and children worked together, collectively, to support one another. Traditional status roles of mother, father, son, or daughter, assumed extended duties to help the collective remain alive. According to Joanna Michlic, families were the most flexible and effective at showing successful coping strategies in ghettos through their ability to overcome numerous trying challenges as an integrated unit. Children readily assumed adult responsibilities and learned to mature quickly. Young people knew they needed to adopt multilayered covert lives in order to survive. The new roles children embraced involved providing food, leadership, and emotional support. . Moreover, Perla Tytelman asked her daughter Rachelku to assume new responsibility as her father’s caretaker; “[m]y beloved Rachelku, I entrust you with Father's care. I am sure that you are worthy of this task, as you have already grown up so much this year, and have accumulated experience that will be helpful to you in life.” Assigning, Rachelku, a teenager at the time, with the responsibility of caring for her father violates traditional family status

Mothers and their families fed-off each other support to provide strength to overcome life in Eastern European ghettos. Jewish mothers successfully adapted to the lack of patriarchal family governance, and to resourcefully saved their families by embracing new roles. The moral primacy of life was the calculus which guided mothers through the most appropriate and logical actions for their families due to the central importance of protecting life. Together with a strong moral compass, mothers were able to use their instincts to endure torturous conditions and run a successful family within the ghettos of Eastern Europe. The bonds within families provided an unmatched source of strength and provided people with a reason to remain alive for each other. Plans for the future were made possible through the strength families provided mothers which served as an effective distraction form the chaos they were living in each and every day. There was a substantial discrepancy between the anticipated death rate within the ghettos and the actual death rate. Joanna Michlic believes that the reason many Jews were able to stay alive was a result of the effectiveness of mothers to form strong family support networks and create detailed strategies. According to Yehudit Inbar, “Women