Elli: the coming age of the Holocaust, Livia E Bitton Write a speech to a group of students explaining your experiences during the holocaust Hi my name is Elli. I was fourteen years old when WWII started. The Hungarian police were

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Elli: the coming age of the Holocaust, Livia E Bitton

Write a speech to a group of students explaining your experiences during the holocaust

Hi my name is Elli. I was fourteen years old when WWII started. The Hungarian police were under Germanys command. All of the Jews lost respect and felt humiliated by the Nazis. The actions of the Nazis affected us deeply, they would mock and disgrace us to extreme points that killed us intensely inside. The place I knew as home day by day was being destroyed. The town of Somorja gradually was being invaded by the Nazis. In my family were my Mother, father and brother Bubi. As the days went by happiness turned into tears as the Hungarian military police raided and stole from our family home. My Father would always tell us to stay calm; however he was finding it hard himself.

In the beginning Jews were enlisted for public work. During this time a decree was announced that all the Jews in our area would be gathered together in a specific place. They allowed us to take one suit case. We also took food with us. We were together; my Mother, Father, Bubi and my Aunt Szeren. All the Jews were transferred to a ghetto, with unbearable overcrowding. This experience was devastating and excruciating never in my mind was the thought of living through the holocaust. In the ghettos the Women cooked in the yard while their children bathed, while the Hungarian and German police watched outside.

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On morning they announced to us Jews, that we’re being transported to a labour camp. We were brought to the train station in cattle cars, with screaming and beating they forced us in. The one and only window, in each cattle car had barbed wire on it. The car was filled completely with people without any room at all, it was hard to breathe. People around me began to faint, Aunt Szeren was scared. My mother tried her best to calm her down. The conditions were excruciatingly inhumane. The train sped on for days till we got to a large ...

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