The alarm on the bedside table starts to make loud noises. One might turn it off, proceed to get out of bed and start their daily routine. This includes brushing their teeth, washing their face and eating mom’s pancakes before getting on the bus to go to school. One might live out their life just like any normal day, but they do not realize that this is what some of the Jews experienced before the Holocaust. The daily lives for Jews in the Holocaust were something far from normal. Men, women and children from all ages and backgrounds were taken from their homes. They were forced to experience inhumane activities that made them feel like they were less than a human being. The daily life in the concentration camps was designed to make the Jews fail; the Nazis accomplished this by giving the Jews challenging jobs with barely any food and water, leaving the Jews in a state of perpetual starvation. Unfortunately, all of these daily activities lead to the death of many Jews. The Nazis had planned for the daily lives of the Jews in the concentration camps to incorporate the feeling of becoming a step closer to death day by day; all of these points made the daily lives of the Jews in the concentration camps a living Hell.
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Most adults live off of a job that they have and receive money for the work that they do. They use the money from this job to support themselves and sometimes even their family. These adults are able to apply for jobs that involve work that they are interested in, and will work daily to make a living. In concentration camps, the Jews are not able to choose anything for themselves. After the Jews are booked into the camp they find out what jobs they will be doing, which are chosen by the Nazis in the camps. The Jews will be forced to do these jobs until they are instructed to do something different. There were many different jobs that were done at the camps. However, the types of jobs were different at each concentration camp. A lot of the work at the concentration camps involved manual labor that led to the pain and exhaustion of many Jews. Some Jews had to do things like moving around heavy objects such as stones and sandbags, while others would have to dig all day to build trenches. Prisoners were sometimes required to do jobs that were outside of the concentration camps. These jobs include working on coal mines, rock quarries and on other construction projects like digging tunnels. Under armed guard, they shoveled snow as well as rubble off of roads and towns. If all of these different jobs were not challenging enough, the Jews would have to work the majority of the day, and would usually work over twelve hours a day with small breaks. Like mentioned before, different concentration camps had different types of jobs. A very popular and well known camp called Auschwitz, had many jobs including doing hard manual labor outside, as well as things such as cleaning the gas chambers after all of the bodies are dead. Many prisoners at a camp called Dachau worked in factories or on a nearby farm. Lots of camps, except for Dachau and a few others, never exceeded a maximum of one thousand inmates each, but as more Jews were being sent to camps like Dachau, then more jobs were being given (Kogon 24). The jobs at concentration camps were often given to people based on physical capabilities, as well as gender. Many men had very physically demanding jobs, but women would be the ones that did other jobs including working in the kitchen or as barbers. Some women would sort the piles of shoes, clothes, and other prisoner belongings. These challenging jobs were a huge factor in making the daily lives of the Jews a living Hell. Food and water are known as key things that are meant to keep people healthy and well nourished. One who has possession of basic things such as food and water are taken for granted. During the Holocaust, the consumption of nutritious food and
Most adults live off of a job that they have and receive money for the work that they do. They use the money from this job to support themselves and sometimes even their family. These adults are able to apply for jobs that involve work that they are interested in, and will work daily to make a living. In concentration camps, the Jews are not able to choose anything for themselves. After the Jews are booked into the camp they find out what jobs they will be doing, which are chosen by the Nazis in the camps. The Jews will be forced to do these jobs until they are instructed to do something different. There were many different jobs that were done at the camps. However, the types of jobs were different at each concentration camp. A lot of the work at the concentration camps involved manual labor that led to the pain and exhaustion of many Jews. Some Jews had to do things like moving around heavy objects such as stones and sandbags, while others would have to dig all day to build trenches. Prisoners were sometimes required to do jobs that were outside of the concentration camps. These jobs include working on coal mines, rock quarries and on other construction projects like digging tunnels. Under armed guard, they shoveled snow as well as rubble off of roads and towns. If all of these different jobs were not challenging enough, the Jews would have to work the majority of the day, and would usually work over twelve hours a day with small breaks. Like mentioned before, different concentration camps had different types of jobs. A very popular and well known camp called Auschwitz, had many jobs including doing hard manual labor outside, as well as things such as cleaning the gas chambers after all of the bodies are dead. Many prisoners at a camp called Dachau worked in factories or on a nearby farm. Lots of camps, except for Dachau and a few others, never exceeded a maximum of one thousand inmates each, but as more Jews were being sent to camps like Dachau, then more jobs were being given (Kogon 24). The jobs at concentration camps were often given to people based on physical capabilities, as well as gender. Many men had very physically demanding jobs, but women would be the ones that did other jobs including working in the kitchen or as barbers. Some women would sort the piles of shoes, clothes, and other prisoner belongings. These challenging jobs were a huge factor in making the daily lives of the Jews a living Hell. Food and water are known as key things that are meant to keep people healthy and well nourished. One who has possession of basic things such as food and water are taken for granted. During the Holocaust, the consumption of nutritious food and