The Holocaust The Most Inexplicable And Heinous Periods...

The Holocaust is one of the most inexplicable and heinous periods of modern human history. Historians have spent years trying to understand why the perpetrators did what they did, and why the victims reacted in the ways that they did. For those who experienced it, the Holocaust was a time when very little made sense and lives were turned upside down and left looking nothing like they previously did. Despite studying the event for years, survivors and historians are still left bewildered at how such an unfathomable event even occurred in the first place. By reviewing the literature assigned in class, it is possible to begin to piece together the events of what happened and see how it impacted those who lived it. Although it may not be†¦show more content†¦Looking at the conditions of Dawid’s life nearly three years after summer camp, clearly the situation has changed drastically. Food is scarce and less nutritional, compared to the plentiful and healthy food that was g iven at summer camp. Also, life is much less about learning and getting better as a person, but mainly focused on staying alive as long as possible. The other inhabitants of the Lodz ghetto shared similar fates to Dawid. Their lives used to have leisure and luxury, but are now barely scraping by. Sadly, the conditions of the ghetto only worsened for those held prisoner within it, â€Å"The ration for the first ten days of January has been issued. There are no potatoes at all in it, only 5 kilos of vegetables and a bit of marmalade. The dejection in the city is terrible. I am completely depressed. The prospect of cold and hunger fills me with indescribable fear.† (Sierakowiak 243). Life for Dawid and those who he shared inhabitancy in the ghetto with, had nearly hit rock bottom. Food had nearly run out completely and almost all services previously offered are no longer existent. Dawid’s life used to be focused on school and the joy of being an adolescent, now his life i s focused on starvation and disease. Likewise, the lives of the other ghetto inhabitants have been similarly turned upside down. Dawid’s notebooks on life in the Lodz ghetto show a clear example of how life was changed to an unrecognizable form for the majority of