Holocaust Survivors Book Report

Death and devastation. Out of the nine million Jewish citizens living in Europe before World War II five to six million had died by war's end, which left less than forty four percent of the original Jewish population (Holocaust). It was a terrible event that rocked the world and made people think “what are humans capable of?”. Murder, manipulation, and greed are answers that pop up in people’s heads immediately, but one thing people often ignore when faced with this question is hope. It was hope that got the forty four percent through the horrific tragedy which was the Holocaust (Holocaust). To fake something that caused so many deaths would not only be incredably difficult to accomplish, but there would also be no point in doing so. To believe …show more content…
One of the most famous of these accounts is told in Night by Elie Wiesel, which is a biography of his tragic times in Auschwitz, Buna, Gleiwitz, and Buchenwald. There is speculation that Elie actually was not in the concentration camps due to the fact that some of his information is not exactly correct (Yeager). Though it would be extremely hard for him to have an exact account and have the exact statistics when retelling a story considering the atrocities he endured, and that stories are often exaggerated to create a more interesting plot for the readers. These literary accounts that describe the horrific events are proven by the many pictures of the …show more content…
There are orders for Zyklon-B gas, blueprints and orders for building materials for the crematoria all of which are in the form of documents (Proving). Even if there were no tangible documentation of these orders and plans there would still be solid evidence as provided by eyewitness testimonies, the camps themselves, and negative evidence (missing information) (Proving). Additionally, forensic testing has provided scientific evidence that proves the homicidal use of both gas chambers and crematoria to kill human beings on a large scale. The way the Nazi’s eliminated the Jews was horrific, inhumane, and morally unconscionable and in no way should be