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Liberation Of The Holocaust Camp Essay

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Josh Warner
Mrs. McCatherine
English, 8C Holocaust project
5 April 2023
Liberation of the Holocaust Camps
The liberation of camps was not a very long process but a very long time waiting not only for the suffering Jews but for the world. Liberation lasted throughout 1944 and 1945 but most happened in April and May of 1945. Liberation put an end to the camps but did not put an end to the disease and horror for the former prisoners of the holocaust. The United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and Canada all helped liberate these camps. There were many unnecessary deaths and innocent lives taken in the holocaust.
Liberation put an end to almost all the concentration camps. April and May of 1945 turned the holocaust and the camps around …show more content…

Millions of prisoners died of diseases and illnesses throughout the entire holocaust. There was no escape because of the overcrowding and the poor mistreatment. After liberation, it was a relief from mistreatment but it was going to be a long road to recovery and there was no stopping that. Many lives were lost after the Holocaust and the liberation just due to illnesses the body could not come back from. First, “Disease remained an ever present danger and liberators had to burn down many of the camps to prevent the spread of epidemics,” (“Liberation of Nazi Camps”). Second, “Allied troops, physicians, and relief workers tried to provide nourishment for the surviving prisoners, but many of them were too weak to digest food and could not be saved,” (“Liberation”). Prisoners just simply could not fight the disease and hunger. It was way too much for the human body and they could accept that. Prisoners were not alone after liberation though. Although many knew nothing about the outside world and did not know the outside world anymore there were camps called Displaced Person Camps or DP camps. They did everything they could to help the former prisoners. There were doctors, physicians, medical teams, and volunteer workers that all wanted to help in the recovery of the Holocaust and the victims. Many new families were created at these camps and old ones were left behind. For instance,” The attempt to reunite families went …show more content…

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