Have you ever pictured yourself living in the middle of WWII or even being in the brutal war? Markus Zusak wrote a fiction novel called The Book Thief , the book was about a German girl during WWII, she lived with her foster parents on a very poor street near Munich, Germany. Elie Wiesel was one of the many Jews that was affected by WWII. Elie was a young Jewish boy when the war first broke out, he was separated from everyone in his family, besides his father. Elie faced many years of suffrage, but fortunately he was one of the few Jews that made it out of the ruthless war, and he later on wrote the memoir Night. World War Two wasn’t just about the stories, there were also many people that were involved in the War. Oskar Schindler is
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One thing that I learned, is that the Nazis would burn the people and babies alive. I was very disillusioned when I read the part of the book when Elie arrived at Auschwitz and was heading towards the crematorium ovens and he saw the people and children being burned alive. I can’t imagine how hard and depressing it would be to see people being brutally killed in front of your eyes and not being able to help them. Another thing that I learned was that the Jews would be transported in the trains that didn’t have roofs. I always thought that the Jews were moved in trains or wagons that had covers that helped keep the body heat in and the wind out. Elie had to be moved in between concentration camps on the open trains. Many people died on the trips, and on the last train ride Elie almost lost his father to the cold. A final thing that I learned was that some Jews were losing their faith during the war and were constantly doubting God. Elie was one of the many Jews that lost his faith during the war. He felt that God no longer loved him and didn’t watch over him anymore. Abounding numbers of Jews doubted God and whether or not he was actually going to save them or if he cared about them. I found it very hard and emotional to read about the cold brutal reality of the Holocaust told from a young boys
One thing that I learned, is that the Nazis would burn the people and babies alive. I was very disillusioned when I read the part of the book when Elie arrived at Auschwitz and was heading towards the crematorium ovens and he saw the people and children being burned alive. I can’t imagine how hard and depressing it would be to see people being brutally killed in front of your eyes and not being able to help them. Another thing that I learned was that the Jews would be transported in the trains that didn’t have roofs. I always thought that the Jews were moved in trains or wagons that had covers that helped keep the body heat in and the wind out. Elie had to be moved in between concentration camps on the open trains. Many people died on the trips, and on the last train ride Elie almost lost his father to the cold. A final thing that I learned was that some Jews were losing their faith during the war and were constantly doubting God. Elie was one of the many Jews that lost his faith during the war. He felt that God no longer loved him and didn’t watch over him anymore. Abounding numbers of Jews doubted God and whether or not he was actually going to save them or if he cared about them. I found it very hard and emotional to read about the cold brutal reality of the Holocaust told from a young boys