Ellie Wiesel Passage

"Here and there, the police were lashing out with their clubs: "Faster!" I had no strength left. The journey had just begun and I already felt so weak... "Faster! Faster! Move, you lazy-good-for-nothing!" the Hungarian police were screaming. That was when I began to hate them, my hatred remains our only link today. They were our first oppressors. They were the first faces of hell and death." (Wiesel, 19)
The significance of this paragraph Elie has grown to know how to hate because of what the police have done to him. He feels like this because they enabled for him and his family to go through this tragedy that they are hugely to blame. His first glimpse of the treatment he'd receive because of his belief started with them and he still only feels connected to them through hatred. This is very relatable because most people would feel hate towards those who have greatly wronged them like the Hungarian police have.

What was life like in Germany if you were not in an army or sent to a camp?

When people look into the Holocaust they usually learn about the labor camps, or what happend during the physical fighting. But noone thinks about the people trying to live in Germany during this time. Life in Germany as a civilian was rough, obviously not as rough as a soldier or a prisoner. But some never saw their friends again. Those who lived near ghettos had their homes and buildings burned down. Most tried to continue on with their daily lives by going to work or school. 

In the beginning of the war German civilians were living great. The economy was very strong, the people were being fed healthy and delicious food. But shortly it began to get very bad for civilians. Many families struggled to pay the house bills because the men were sent off to the war. Women and children had to work in order to keep the house. Many children starved to death or died of a disease that was related to starving. Germany as a whole didnt start living well until East and West Germany united. 

Works Cited

Lyons, Scott. "World War Two’s Effect on the German Home Front." World War 2 Diaries. W.W. Norton & Company, 17 June 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. <http://wwiidiaries.com/2012/06/17/world-war-twos-effect-on-the-german-home-front/>.