In 1938, there were an estimated fifteen million Jews in Europe, and in the space of six years, six million of them were murdered, leaving only about nine million in the year 1945. (Pg. 2) Adolf Hitler’s persecution of Jews began as soon as he came into power in 1933. Hitler had a vision of a perfect race, and, unfortunately, Jews did not fall under that catego

Torture. That is the only word that can even come close to the everyday lives of the people in the camps. In these camps, slave labor was a way of life. In order to stay alive they had to accomplish all the tasks assigned to them or suffer the consequences, which nine times out of ten was death. Anything from moving heavy boulders from one side of the grounds to another, or shoveling coal into furnaces, (pg. 1) the Jews did it all and then some as everyday. The rations given to the Jews were very minimal, and in some cases weren’t enough to keep anyone alive. Those that didn’t die from hunger or exhaustion died at the hands of the Nazis’ brutality guarding the campsite. One act of brutality from the Nazis’ was that of forcing the Jews to carry large rocks up the “stairs to Hell” as the prisoners referred to them, which were located on the side of a giant cliff. The climb was a very steep and treacherous one. Many Jews were so weak they would drop their rock, crushing themselves or the person behind them and often killing them. Upon reaching the top, they were forced to either endure the pain and agony of hauling the rocks back down the stairs, only to repeat the act until the sun was set or jump to the rocky pit below to their deaths. In either case, they were killed by the

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