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Janiyah Brothers ENG II 1st Period Mrs. DeGrood 2/29/2024 Title During the Holocaust, Jewish prisoners suffered from horrible dehumanization at the hands of the Nazis.In his memoir Night, Elie Wiesel gives his personal account of these abuses. Wiesel and his family were forced out of their home and placed in Auschwitz. Although he survived, his family did not. They all endured abuse while they were there. According to Abraham Maslow’’s theory, prisoner’s deprived of their basic needs while they were in the concentration camp. Abraham Maslow created a model for human behavior based on needs.These needs are what we need for survival and to flourish. ” Human needs are arranged in a hierarchy, with physiological (survival) needs at the bottom, …show more content…

DeGrood 2/29/2024 Title During the Holocaust, Jewish prisoners suffered from horrible dehumanization at the hands of the Nazis.In his memoir Night, Elie Wiesel gives his personal account of these abuses. Wiesel and his family were forced out of their home and placed in Auschwitz. Although he survived, his family did not. They all endured abuse while they were there. According to Abraham Maslow’’s theory, prisoner’s deprived of their basic needs while they were in the concentration camp. Abraham Maslow created a model for human behavior based on needs.These needs are what we need for survival and to flourish. ” Human needs are arranged in a hierarchy, with physiological (survival) needs at the bottom, and the more creative and intellectually oriented, ‘Self- actualization’ needs at the top” (McLeod). Readers can clearly see how these needs were violated in the death camp. Prisoners were deprived of food. The prisoners were lucky if they were given a piece of bread and a bowl of soup. Elie describes, “I was so hungry and thirsty” (Wiesel 95). This shows that prisoners often when hungry, in fact most prisoners starve to death. This violates Maslow’s physiological needs. Prisoners lived in constant fear for their lives.” The Kapos back then had orders to kill a certain number of prisoners everyday. And every week, a selection. A merciless selection. Yes, you are lucky.”( Wiesel 70) Families were separated as soon as they entered the camp. …show more content…

DeGrood 2/29/2024 Title During the Holocaust, Jewish prisoners suffered from horrible dehumanization at the hands of the Nazis.In his memoir Night, Elie Wiesel gives his personal account of these abuses. Wiesel and his family were forced out of their home and placed in Auschwitz. Although he survived, his family did not. They all endured abuse while they were there. According to Abraham Maslow’’s theory, prisoner’s deprived of their basic needs while they were in the concentration camp. Abraham Maslow created a model for human behavior based on needs.These needs are what we need for survival and to flourish. ” Human needs are arranged in a hierarchy, with physiological (survival) needs at the bottom, and the more creative and intellectually oriented, ‘Self- actualization’ needs at the top” (McLeod). Readers can clearly see how these needs were violated in the death camp. Prisoners were deprived of food. The prisoners were lucky if they were given a piece of bread and a bowl of soup. Elie describes, “I was so hungry and thirsty” (Wiesel 95). This shows that prisoners often when hungry, in fact most prisoners starve to death. This violates Maslow’s physiological needs. Prisoners lived in constant fear for their lives.” The Kapos back then had orders to kill a certain number of prisoners everyday. And every week, a selection. A merciless selection. Yes, you are lucky.”( Wiesel 70) Families were separated as soon as they entered the camp.

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