Holocaust

            World war II and the Holocaust, two terms that that go hand in hand. They are
            
             remembered as some of the most inhumane years in human history. Neither can be
            
             forgotten and in the minds of some they are as vivid as just happening yesterday. For those
            
             who were there, the deplorable, hopeless, cruel environment and suffrage they had gone
            
             through is embedded in their memories forever. For those who weren't, we can only
            
             imagine how horrible it was. Taking accounts from the different sources such as novels
            
             and movies, such as Night, Slaughter House Five, and Schindlers List. All these titles dealt
            
             with WWII in one major way. They all depicted the conditions that prisoners of war and
            
             concentration camp workers had to go through.
            
             The Holocaust was the name given to the extermination of 6 million Jewish people
            
             and various other races and cultures. During this time the Jewish people were imprisoned,
            
             forced to leave their homes, and forced to work in labor camps. The conditions of the
            
             camps weren't fit for animals yet the Jewish people and prisoners of wars were forced to
            
             live and work in them.
            
             Slaughter House Five was the story of an American soldier Billy Pilgrim and the
            
             effects and time spent in the war had on him. During the war he was captured and forced
            
             to work in a labor camp. Along with other captured American soldiers.
            
             Night was the first hand account of a Jewish boy (Elie) and his hardships suffered in
            
             the Holocaust. He, his family, and fellow Jews were captured and relocated to labor
            
             camps.
            
             Schindlers List was the story of a German man who had the ability to help many of
            
             the Jews suffering through the Holocaust. Towards the end of the movie he did just that.
            
            
            
             Throughout all of these titles the conditions of these horrible camps were explained
            
             in detail. Some of the major similarities were the conditions of the camps in all the titles.
            
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