1. How Jewish Individuals Lived During the Holocaust? Your NameYour Name Professor’s NameProfessor’s Name Institutional AffiliationInstitutional Affiliation Submission DateSubmission Date

2. Table of Contents Facts about the Holocaust Facts about the Holocaust Jewish Living Conditions: Birkenau Concentration Camps Jewish Living Conditions: Birkenau Concentration Camps Life in the Ghetto Life in the Ghetto Forced Labor Forced Labor Children During The Holocaust Children During The Holocaust Life After the Holocaust Life After the Holocaust References References

3. Facts about the Holocaust Evolved slowly between 1933 and 1945 Evolved slowly between 1933 and 1945 Began with discrimination Began with discrimination Jews were separated from their communities and persecuted Jews were separated from their communities and persecuted Second World War the Nazis sought to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe and their culture Second World War the Nazis sought to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe and their culture 1941 there were about 11 million Jews living in Europe 1941 there were about 11 million Jews living in Europe By May 1945 the Nazis had murdered six million of them. One-and- a-half million of these were children. By May 1945 the Nazis had murdered six million of them. One-and- a-half million of these were children.

4. Jewish Living Conditions: Birkenau Concentration Camp Brick Brick Erected in great haste Erected in great haste Without suitable insulation Without suitable insulation Marshy grounds Marshy grounds More than 700 people were assigned to each barrack More than 700 people were assigned to each barrack

5. Jewish Living Conditions: Birkenau Concentration Camp Wooden stable-barracks Wooden stable-barracks Were partitioned into stalls Were partitioned into stalls Stalls contained three-tier wooden bunks Stalls contained three-tier wooden bunks Dampness Dampness Leaky roofs Leaky roofs Fouling of straw and straw mattresses Fouling of straw and straw mattresses

6. Life in the Ghetto Extremely crowded Extremely crowded Lacked basic electrical and sanitary infrastructure Lacked basic electrical and sanitary infrastructure Food rations were insufficient Food rations were insufficient Jewish people had to wear the Star of David to show they were Jewish. If they were caught without the Star on their clothing, they would be sent to a concentration camp or killed. Jewish people had to wear the Star of David to show they were Jewish. If they were caught without the Star on their clothing, they would be sent to a concentration camp or killed. Jews' right to go to school was taken away Jews' right to go to school was taken away

7. Forced Labor Prisoners were expected to work twelve hours of hard back- breaking work each day Prisoners were expected to work twelve hours of hard back- breaking work each day Helping to build the camp itself Helping to build the camp itself Level the ground Level the ground Build buildings Build buildings Make new blocks Make new blocks Laying roads Laying roads Digging drainage ditches Digging drainage ditches

8. Children During The Holocaust 1930s-Nazi laws were introduced aimed at removing the civil and economic rights of Jews and other groups. 1933-Law against Overcrowding in German schools and universities; restricted the number of Jewish children in schools, not to exceed 1.5 percent of the total number of students 1935-close friends suddenly avoided the company of their Jewish classmates, sometimes becoming hostile 1938-German Jewish children were prohibited from attending German schools 1942-Schools were all closed; after the first wave of deportations of German Jews to the East had been completed Between 1938 and 1940, the Kindertransport (Children's Transport) was the informal name of a rescue effort which brought thousands of refugee Jewish children (without their parents) to safety in Great Britain from Nazi Germany and German-occupied territories 1942 to 1944-the entire Protestant population of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, as well as many Catholic priests, nuns, and lay Catholics, hid Jewish children in the town 1941-the German Jews began the "Final Solution

9. Life After the Holocaust With the end of World War II and breakdown of the Nazi administration, survivors of the Holocaust confronted the overwhelming undertaking of modifying their lives. With little in the method for money related assets and few, if any, surviving relatives, most in the end emigrated from Europe to begin their lives once more. Somewhere around 1945 and 1952, more than 80,000 Holocaust survivors moved to the United States.

10. References: Holocaust History - Daily Life in the Ghettos - Yad Vashem. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/03/daily_life.asp Holocaust History - Daily Life in the Ghettos - Yad Vashem. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/03/daily_life.asp http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/03/daily_life.asp An Introductory History of the Holocaust | Jewish Virtual Library. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html An Introductory History of the Holocaust | Jewish Virtual Library. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html Projetaladin.org. (2009). Holocaust | Children and the Holocaust. Retrieved from http://www.projetaladin.org/holocaust/en/children- and-the-holocaust.html Projetaladin.org. (2009). Holocaust | Children and the Holocaust. Retrieved from http://www.projetaladin.org/holocaust/en/children- and-the-holocaust.htmlhttp://www.projetaladin.org/holocaust/en/children- and-the-holocaust.htmlhttp://www.projetaladin.org/holocaust/en/children- and-the-holocaust.html