Monday, March 22, 2010

2. Discuss how concrentration camps change the jews attitude?
The Jews that did survive the Holocaust will never escape the pain they endured. They didnt understand why this was happening, they wondered where was god in this horrible times. Some had to fight to survive, often giving up faith when they were in concrentration camps. Though tired, they knew giving up meant death. To see their family be sent one by one to crematories was hurtful. When they were in the camps, inmates began to turn on each other because of food; some were even killed over bread. They soon forgot about their morals life and some complained about wanting to die because of all their tasks for survival. In the book Night, someone stated to Elie they had more faith in Hitler then anything else because he kept his promises. They felt powerless towards the SS soldiers, and therefore everyone in the holocaust had a diffetrent perspective on life in the camps and when they made it. Wittnessing and expereinceing these horrors, survivors can move on, but never forget.

1 comment:

EmilyL said...

The Jews also were becoming depressed and turning against there own family. Just like you had said when a son kills his own father. This slowly also happens to Elie, and in the end of the book he feels no emotions for loosing his family. He just wants to get food and sleep.