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The Women's Camp at Mauthausen


 Survivors in Mauthausen
 The first picture I have is a picture of woman prisoners huddling around a queue to get warm soup. With such a scarce amount they are crowding each other, some do not get to eat. The second picture I have are two male survivors opening the cremetorium for US soldiers to search. In the picture you can see ashes from wood, and bodies.

6 million deaths of innocent people. One population trying to wipe out another population, the German's taking down the Jewish. Concentration camps holding thousands of Jews, small crowded bunks and scarce food. Hard, long labor, beatings and deaths. The second picture I chose leaves a strong feeling confusion and awe. Confusion on how a place could do such a thing to innocent people, forcing Jews to pretty much kill themselves by stepping into the crematorium   alive. The ashes on the ground are ashes from wood and bodies. Jews would also die by standing in line naked and cold, waiting to step into a gas chamber and be killed. While they waited in line they had to listen to the shrilling sound of other Jews screaming at their death. Even mothers holding their small children had to be gassed. In conclusion the Jews did not get ANY mercy what so ever, they were to be killed when the German's wanted them killed and they never had any of their personal belongings. They were forced to do long hours of painful labor and never got rewarded, except a beating every now and then. A Nazi concentration camp is not a good place to be.  **Signs of Trouble.** 1.) One sign of trouble was when all the Jews in the ghetto got shipped off to another ghetto and were waiting to be picked up. 2.) Another sign was when their town was turned into a Ghetto and new decrees kept coming up, like no jewels. 3.)One more sign of trouble was that all the Jews realized that the Moshe's news about being deported was true. **Jews Reactions** 1.) The Jews didn't believe Moshe when he was telling them they were in danger, they thought he was crazy. 2.) They weren't scared, but most of them were at peace. Even though the heat & traveling was painful. 3.) When people heard that they were going to be deported they hurriedly packed and were very nervous/ shocked.
 * MY RESPONSE:** I was shocked when I found out that the Jews were being deported! They lived their whole life in their city and now there being deported! It's a good thing that Elie's father buried there goods so the Nazi's couldn't each them! I hope something good happens next chapter!

IT'S NICE TO HEAR YOU BEING HOPEFUL, BUT YOU NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A HOLOCAUST STORY. YOU WILL NOT READ ABOUT MANY "GOOD" THINGS HAPPENING. IT IS ALL PRETTY GRIM. MS. N.

<span style="color: rgb(213, 21, 21)">21-26 Who is Madame Schantar? 1-She is a woman on the car with all the Jews who is crying and yelling that there is a fire, but there isn't one around. <span style="color: rgb(168, 16, 16)">What happens to her? 1-First some Jews tie her up and gag her mouth but then she unbindes herself and startes yelling again. 2-The Jews tie her up and then hit her to make her shush up.
 * MY RESPONSE:** Well I think it was a good idea to make her be quiet because if not the Jews could of been hurt by guards or even killed. They should of also listened to her because there really was burning flames!!

<span style="color: rgb(221, 14, 14)">26-44 <span style="color: rgb(211, 13, 13)"> What are the specific acts, events and ideas that DESTROY faith? 1- Well the first act that destroyed the Jews faith of surviving was when they had just arrived at the camp, and they could smell burning flesh and they knew that some would die but they didn't know who would die. 2- Also when they had to gather in the room with no floor just mud and sleep standing up, some Jews fell to the ground and were weeping. 3- They also heard the SS soldiers talking and treating them like dogs, saying that if they did something wrong they would die. <span style="color: rgb(202, 12, 12)">What are the specific acts, events and ideas that REKINDLE faith? 1-When they were going to be joining block 17, there monitor was very kind and told them that all they need to do to survive is work together and faith in each other. 2- Well something that rekindled faith with Elie was that he was never seperated from his father which took a big weight off of his shoulders. 3-Another thing that rekindled the faith with the Jews was seeing their friends and family reuniting once they all got chosen to live and not be sent to the crematorium.
 * MY RESPONSE:** My response is pretty like dumbfounded because if I were in that situation I wouldn't know even how to have any faith..I think I would be emotionally dead and not know what to do, but it is good that they have faith to keep going!

//__Pages 45-62__// An example of an act of kindness in this section is when the French girl working beside Elie comforts him after he is beaten by the warehouse officer and gives him a ration of bread. Another instance where kindness is shown is when the Lagerkapo refuses to hang the little boy. that may not be considered as kind but it deffinetly showed that he had a heart deep down. Acts of brutality** There were a lot of acts of brutality and cruelty in this section. One was when the officer in charge of Elie's group freak out and started to beat Elie. Another was when the Elie walked in on the Idek and a girl having sex and Idek punished him by giving him a good whipping. All four hangings were particularly gruesum. Especially the one where they hanged the little boy and, wven when the boy was still alive hanging from the noose, they didn't ease his suffering, they let him slowly die. I thought it was really nice of the French girl to comfort Elie after he was beaten, but I admit that I was surprised to find out that she could speak German. I was horrified that they hung the little boy on weak charges, and then let him hang there suffering until finally he ran out of air and and his body could no longer function. I hated Idek when he whipped Elie for having walked in on him with a girl.
 * Acts of kindness**
 * AND
 * MY RESPONSE:**

//__Pages 62-80__// 1-Leading Jews to believe that victims are burned alive in the crematoriums. 2-Moving them from one job to another on Jewish holidays. Elie calls it Yom Kippur 3-Holding selections that decide who lives and who dies, making the weak do harder work 4-The camps’ bells that ring to keep to control over the Jews at all times of day while they worked. 5-The Buna is evacuated because the Russians are coming but Germany is not willing to give up it's Jewish workers. 1- Well so far the book has so much emotion and I still can't picture how Elie survived the Holocaust. Reading 62-80 was sort of confusing to me but I still managed to understand, I keep wanting to read ahead and find out what happens next all though I know it won't be too pleasant!
 * Germans' attempts to control things:**
 * Jew's attempts to control things:**
 * MY RESPONSE:**

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 * 80-109**
 * (pg. 81):** “I was dragging with me this skeletal body which weighed so much. If only I could have got rid of it! In spite of my efforts not to think about it, Icould feel myself as two entities--my body and me. I hated it.”
 * (pg. 88):** “From time to time, SS officers on motorcycles would go down the length of the column to try and shake us out of our growing apathy. ‘Keep going? We are getting there!’ ‘Courage! Only a few more hours!’ ‘We’re reaching Gleivitz.’ These words of encouragement, even though they came from the mouths of our assassins, did us a great deal of good.”
 * (pg. 82):** “Death wrapped itself around me till I was stifled. It stuck to me. I felt that I could touch it. The idea of dying, of no longer being, began to fascinate me. Not to exist any longer. Not to feel anything, neither weariness, nor cold, nor anything. To break the ranks, to let oneself slide to the edge of the road. . . .”
 * Well I like all of these quotes because they all have something strong to say. Of course nothing really good happened in the Holocaust so all the quotes are mostly about death and trying not to give up on surviving. When I read these quotes I got a really strong feeling.**