What My Children Knew About The Holocaust

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“Whenever times seem tough people persevere through it and make sure they can live through it because why would you want to have to take the pain”People were starved to death and killed for seemingly no reason, many ss guards at the camps would either beat up or even sometimes kill inmates for no reason, they killed many young children and many old people as soon as they got to the camps, when the inmates were starving for food the ss guards told them to eat grass and snow. If you were caught trying to steal or escape you would be publicly hung in front of everyone, even if you were a dentist or doctor and were caught stealing valuables from the inmates for yourself you would also be publicly hung. People were burnt alive in gas chambers, showers, and ovens. …show more content…
People find strength to persevere with their family, and whoever they love when they are determined. The article "What My Children Knew About the Holocaust, They Knew from Me" is about a woman named Heidi and her mothers experience in her holocaust and how strong Heidi’s mothers perseverance is. Heidi’s mom's perseverance was through trying to keep her daughter safe at all times no matter the situation.While Heidi and her mom were at Auschwitz and they were getting changed into prisoner uniforms, Heidi’s mom sneakily stole a pair of garments so they could be more comfy and she did not want her daughter to think she was fragile so when they got taken from where they were staying everyone had to give up their jewelry, but when Heidi’s mom was told to take her jewelry off she took it off and threw it far away and told them to go to the hospital. to get it to work. Heidi talked about the situation saying, “A Hungarian demanded she take it off and hand it to him. So mother removed the ring, threw it away, and said to him, "Now go look for

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