The Holocaust

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Josef Perl Presentation (Video 2)

Don't Save Me

“And after a while we were all in the tent ….”

 Summary : the train is emptied in Poland (?) ….. put into a large tent …. Josef sees men being murdered.

 3 minutes and 58 seconds.

“At 10 years old I was witness to the cruelty of man’s inhumanity to man ….”

 Summary : Josef sees a young boy and his father being killed and tells his father ‘we should not help each other; one of us has to survive.’

1 minute and 42 seconds.

The Ghetto

“And as I was walking down the main street I came across a German compound …..”

 Summary : Caring for a soldiers horse – learning that the soldier had shot 5000 Jews – the nearby Ghetto – being taken prisoner – joining a line of people about to be shot – escape.

 7 minutes 48 seconds.

Auschwitz

“When I reached the concentration camp I found out that the concentration camp was called Carcow-Plaznow…..”

 Summary – life in the camps.

 5 minutes and 6 seconds.

Aftermath

Why is it important to remember the Holocaust?