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The Holocaust, Hannah Hart | 8 Eppolito | Flood Brook Union School

Surviving the Holocaust Many were killed, many starved, but a few lucky ones survived through the tragedy

-What happened to the Jewish Survivals after the holocaust, and what did they do to survive?

-The Jewish survived in many different ways but mainly by hiding. After the holocaust many Jews remembered every

day of their life and could not forget what had happened to them or their families.

Nazi Swastika

The star of David so that every Jewish can be identified. Jewish studies

March 2010 Flood Brook Union School

8 E p p o l i t o F l o o d b r o o k U n i o n S c h o o l

“Over one million children under the age of sixteen died in the Holocaust - plucked from their homes and stripped of their childhoods, they lived and died during the dark years of the Holocaust and were victims of the Nazi regime”

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The Holocaust, Hannah Hart | 8 Eppolito | Flood Brook Union School

WHAT SURVIVORS DID TO SURVIVE

The Holocaust is the name for the Nazis’

systematic genocide of six million Jews during

world war two. The Nazis called this genocide

“The Final Solution of the Jewish Question.” Not

only did the race policy hit the Jews, and an

additional 4 mill ion gypsies along with

homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, anti-socials,

criminals and physically and psychologically

disabled. Approximately 1,200,000 people were

looking for homes at the end of the holocaust. But

how did all those people survive the tragic?

Many people hid in country-sides, or in attics.

Many parents hid their children from the Nazi’s,

some parents even gave the kids to non-Jewish

people who would take them in.

“They would go into the country-side and live

in the woods and try to find a way to survive.”

This is an exert from “Alicia: My Story.” The

exert is saying that she and her family would go

into the country-side and hide there until the war

was over. She also talks about all the different

things she went through, like being separated from

her family and being brought out of the

concentration camps by pretending she was dead.

Many survivors had to take risks, and know

that there was a possibility that they could be

found and killed by the Nazis.

Many kids were separated from their families.

Some parents sent their kids away, so that they

didn’t have to deal with watching them get killed.

M a n y

p a r e n t s

h a d t o

deal with

“ g i v i n g

a w a y ”

t h e i r

children to

complete strangers.

“Because an entire family could seldom find a hiding

place, parents were confronted with the horrible necessity of

"giving away" their children to complete strangers. They did

so while facing a dismal future, uncertain if they would ever

see their children again in an "after-the-war" era.”

Many children had to go with strangers in

order to stay alive. This isn’t what the parents

wanted to do, but they felt they had to do it. They

had to save their kids no matter what.

Surviving the Holocaust

An attic where Jews hid.

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Each survivor has their own stories. Many are alike

but some are different in ways.

One story was Alicia: My Story. Alicia went

through some pretty rough things. She was in Chortkov

Prison for many months and than a man found her in a

pile of dead bodies and brought her back to a local

ghetto. There for weeks she battled Typhoid, but

eventually recovered.

Alicia also escaped many death marches with the

help of a friend. She reunited with her mother in

Buczacz, which was a ghetto where her family used to

live. Alicia went through many other things along with

her mother, her only family member left.

There are many other stories about how survivors

dealt with the holocaust.

Jeannine Burk was a hidden child. She lived in a

women’s house for two years.

“My life as a hidden child was...how can I say it...I had no

toys. The only fresh air I got was when I was allowed to go in the

backyard. I made up imaginary friends because I had no one to

play with. I do not remember being hugged and kissed. That was

my life for two years.”

For two years Jeannine Burk lived with a women

who she didn’t know the name of, and was never

treated like a normal child. No hugs or kisses, and no

toys. She wanted to be a normal child. She wanted to

be with her father. Jeannine Burk blamed Germany for

all of this. She said at the end

“People ask me, can I forgive? I can't. I cannot forgive. I

blame the German people a great deal because I feel they were

passive. They turned away.”

Jeannine will never forgive Germany. That goes for

many other survivors too.

Isak Borenstein had many things happen to him

during the war. When the Germans went to Poland. He

ran to Krasnodar in Russia. He worked as a carpenter

for many years.

In 1944 he joined the Russian army and was sent

near Kremenchug. He was than caught by Germans

who killed 33 Jews. The Germans took the rest of them

to a prisoner-of-war camp. There Isak escaped.

Isak went through many rough things after that. He

was tortured, along with many other things.

Eva Galler was born in Poland. When she was

being deported to Belzec camp, Eva escaped along with

her brother and sister. An SS trop shot at them, but Eva

stayed alive while her brother and sister had gotten

shot.

Eva than went to live with a fried. She was hid

behind a cedar-robe. Eva than headed to a different

family who lived near the woods. Eva worked on a farm

for many years.

These stories all had something in common. They

all hid eventually during the war. They were all very

different too. Im sure all these people went through

their own tragedies. But the important thing is that they

stayed alive. Somehow they fought against the sickness,

and starvation and stayed alive.

Survivors Stories

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We never hear what happened to

the survivors after the holocaust. We

only hear how difficult it was to survive,

what everyone went through, and all of

that. But what happens to people after

the holocaust?

Many survivors suffered guilt. How

did they survive well so many others

hadn’t? Guilt was the main effect that

almost all survivors had. They felt

guilty for their families and friends

deaths. It wasn’t their fault but yet they

felt that since their families had died

they should have also.

Another symptom is anxieties and

agitations. That includes inner tensions,

and feelings of valuelessness. They are

also sometimes afraid to be alone.

Which can be expected because they

went through so much.

Many survivors remember the

smell of the gas chambers, the brutal

killing, of a single individual, or simply

separation from family members. The

survivor can feel stuck in time, unable

to move beyond it. They remember

these feelings when ever something

strikes it.

Many survivors resent help that is

offered because it is a sign of weakness.

They want to be strong. They couldn’t

do anything during the holocaust so

they want to be able to do something

on their own now. Many survivors feel

this way. It is one of the most common

symptoms.

The most common effects are

resenting help and guiltiness.

It is difficult for the survivors. They

deal with the remembrance everyday of

their lives. They struggle to leave their

past behind them. Most survivors don’t

want to talk about The Holocaust.

They fear that they we will remember

the horrible awful things they went

through.

What Happened to the Survivors After the Holocaust?

Jewish civilians Rounded up in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943 A women speaking about the Holocaust

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So what happened to the

Je w i s h s u r v i v a l s o f t h e

holocaust? And what did they do

to survive during the holocaust?

Many Jews had to hide from

Nazis. Like I said before, they

hid in attics and in strangers

homes. Kids stayed with families

they barely knew, and pretended

to be of German origin. If the

kids had got caught not only

them, but the German families

would also be prosecuted and

more than likely killed. Everyday

got harder and harder for them.

They had to impersonate being

a German child. That involved

dressing and acting differently,

a n d l e a r n i n g G e r m a n

responsibilities.

After the Holocaust was over

many survivors went to America.

They tried to find the rest of

their families with the help of

many American people. The

survivors went through tragedies.

They had learned a family

member died, or something

horrific. Many survivors not only

went through tragedies with

death but they went through

rough patches in their physical

and mental health. Many

surviors had break downs, after

learning a friend or family

member had died. Many are

afraid they might go through

something like the holocaust

again.

Most surviors don’t like

talking about what they went

through because it brings up

such horrible memories, and

they just don’t want to relive it

again.

Surviving The Holocaust

A Ghetto where many Jews had livedAdolf Hitler, who was the leader of the

Holocaust

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