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Three Ways That The Jews Escaped The Holocaust

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3 Ways That The Jews Escaped The Holocaust Imagine getting taken away from your family at the age of 10 and getting put into a ghetto or a concentration camp. While you are in the concentration camp or ghetto, all you are thinking about is if you are going to survive or not. The Holocaust was the most tragic time in history. This is where Adolf Hitler, the main leader of the Germans decided to take control of the Jews, and later on kill them. Over 6 million Jews were killed just because they were Jewish. This took place during the years 1933 to 1945. Jews were taken away from their family and put into a ghetto or a concentration Camp where they would later be killed simply because Adolf Hitler did not like Jewish people. Some Jews were …show more content…

The ghetto is a place where German soldiers keep the Jews. Lots of people try to escape from it, but sometimes it’s not successful. Some people escape this to get food and water for their family. In the scholastic journal The Boy Who Fought Hitler, it states “Ben stayed in the ghetto for two days, sneaking in and out to steal for his family.” (Tarshis) This quote means that Ben snuck out of the ghetto just so that he could simply take care of his family. Some of the things that Benstole were food, water, and weapons. After living in this ghetto for a long time, Ben decided to escape from it. This was just one way that people escaped during the Holocaust, but there are many other ways that Jews used to escape …show more content…

Fighting against the Nazis was something that could be done but it was so hard. There were so many German Soldiers fighting against the Jews, but after a long time of fighting, the Jews defeated the Germans. In the article the Boy Who Fought Hitler it says, “In 1945, the war ended with Germany’s defeat. Many Nazis were executed for their crimes.” (Tarshis) This quote means that after fighting for so long against the Germans, the Jews finally defeated them. This was a hard job for the Jews, but they fought for what they knew was right, and eventually had other countries come and help them fight against the Nazis. Although the Jews were treated horribly, they fought hard and defeated the Germans with more help from other countries like the United States of America.Some Jews were able to escape by sneaking out of a ghetto without getting caught, going through all of the hardships and still surviving, and fighting for the Jews during war and escaping then. The holocaust is one of the most tragic events in history. There were so many ways that Jews tried to escape, and even live during the whole thing. The Jews fought hard against the Germans, they found ways to escape, and they lived through what Hitler put them through. So many Jews were killed each day at all of the concentration camps, that lots of family members were very sad when they found out that

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