Assess the impact of the Holocaust on those involved

during WWII

Introduction
For the 12 years the Nazi ruled Germany and they condemned the Jews to
death and there was no escape. At every stage of the war, the Germans
used their military superiority to crush and terrorize the Jews.

The Jews were generally abandoned by their neighbors and by the free
world. They had no country of their own to which they could turn; and
they had no means of self-defense.

On May 8, 1945 World War II ended in Europe. At the end of the war there
were about 10 million people in the Nazi labor and concentration camps,
forced labor units, and prisoner of war camps. Among the huge number of
newly liberated people who returned to their homes, there were only
about 200,000 surviving Jews from a population of about 6 1/2 million,
who had neither homes nor countries to return to.

Liberation
After the liberation, many Jewish survivors were afraid to return to their
original homes because of all the things they have suffered during the
concentration camp.

At the end of the war, tens of thousands of survivors found themselves

waiting to immigrate to Israel. These survivors included Jews from
Germany, Austria, Italy, and in particular, Poland, where they no longer
found a viable Jewish community, and moreover, the Jews who had
survived were still the objects of hate and murder by Polish nationalists.

Immigration
The survivors of the Holocaust were condemned to wait many times for
long months and sometimes even years until they were able to immigrate
to Israel. Their determination to reach that land and rebuild a homeland
was a major contribution of the survivors to the eventual independence of
Israel and to the renewal of Jewish life in the Jewish State.

Impact on survivors
In assessing the impact of the Holocaust on survivors, it needs to be said
that no person could have survived Hitler's concentration camps and
emerged totally unchanged. Lastly, the effects on the second generation
of the survivors will be discussed along with the implications for family
life.

Psychological Effect
The long-range psychological effect of the Holocaust on the mental health
of survivors is indeed complex. There can be no doubt that profound
shock enveloped those arriving at the death camps.
Physical Effects
After liberation, those diseases that were apparent were treated as best as
it could be done. Among most of the survivors diseases and defective
conditions had slowly developed that nobody expected. The connection
between their sufferings in the camp and later illness was not obvious and
doctors knew little about them.

Child Survivors
Ten months before the World War II began, there was an organization
movement which moved all the Jewish children out of the Nazi Europe.
The children were bundled on trains and set off across Germany and
Holland to ferries, which took them to England. There were like ten
thousand children and only a few of them spoke English. Most of the
children had no families in England and most of them never see their
families again.

The following is an account of one of these surviving children: "I came

over at the age of three and a half. I still don't know where I belong. I was
brought up in the Midlands. I went to a Christian school. I was no longer
considered German. I was not considered English. I certainly was not
Jewish -- my Jewish background was not nurtured. I am neither German
nor English. I am neither German nor Jew. I would like to know what is my
identity?

The memories of these child survivors include tragic scenes of separation

from their parents. Experiences of hiding, unbelievable cruelty and
suffering at the hands of peasants as they wandered around the
countryside, orphaned and abandoned, suffering hunger and freezing
weather. Some remember their imprisonment in the death camps. They
were excellent observers and understood the nature of danger and death.
If needed, they could remain hidden for long periods in a dark unaired
area without moving or uttering a sound.

At liberation, the young ones did not know their names, country of origin,
native language, their birth dates; age has to be determined through X-
Ray to establish an approximate age through the bone structure.

Children who had been used to hunger and hiding food would usually
snatch food or hide them at dinner tables. Many are afraid to sleep, as
they fear that the Nazis would kill them in their beds.

Conclusion
No doubt that the holocaust has changed the face of the Jewish people. In
1900, 81 percent of all the Jews in the world lived in Europe. Today, only a
few sparse communities remain the Jews have ceased to be a European
people altogether. Intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews is on the
increase, and less importance is given by this generation to providing a
Jewish education for children and youth. For the Jewish people the
Holocaust constitutes a lesson in history, which is a permanent part of
their lives. The course of Jewish history has finally left Europe. The future
lies in a contest between the American Jewish community and the Israeli
Jewish community.

Visual Representation

Justify which museum your visual representation could be seen in

My visual representation could be seen in the Jewish Holocaust Centre
as this museum is exactly about the history of the Holocaust, which is
prefect for those who are interested. This museum basically has
everything that is related to the Holocaust and my timeline of the
Holocaust would be very useful for those who would like to have a better
understanding of the Holocaust. As my timeline is simple, easy to
understand and has pictures to describe each date.

Justify what audience it has been produced for

My visual representation has been produced for those audiences who are
interested in the history of the Holocaust and would like to have a better
understanding of the timeline of the Holocaust.

Explain its importance/significance to your topic area

The visual representation is significant to my topic area because I chose
the Holocaust and so I made a timeline, which describes the Holocaust. It
is really important to my topic because the war went for a long time, so
the timeline would be helpful to get the dates organised. I would look
clearer, neater and would get a better understanding.

Outline how you would display your visual representation

(consider space, lighting, music, sound and or any special
effects/ethical issues to be considered when displaying this
representation in a museum)
My visual representation would be displayed nice and clearly with lots of
relevant pictures that goes with the timeline and the Holocaust. In my
timeline I would be using mostly spaces, as my chosen pictures would go
together with the paragraph. My visual representation is simple, so it
doesnt have lots of effects, but being simple is good, as people could
have a better understanding.
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reliable as it has the same information on other sources.

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