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Your Nume
Dr. Dee Mcklnney
Hlstory 1112
28 June 2011
Reul Llfe Experlence: Im u Survlvor
The Holocuust refers to the kllllng of mllllons of Jews by the Nuzl's durlng 1941-
1945. Under Hltler's commund, the Germun urmy ulmed to extermlnute the Jews who were
consldered u threut to the Germun communlty. The Germuns ulso turgeted the people of
Gypsles, Russluns, Poles, the hundlcupped, und homosexuuls becuuse lt wus consldered
thut thelr behuvlor dld not mutch prescrlbed soclul norms (ushmm.org).
Mllllons Jews were murdered by gus chumbers or shootlngs, or dled of sturvutlon,
dlseuse, neglect, or mulnutrltlon before World Wur II ended. People were herded pucked
llke cuttle lnto frelght trulns und shlpped to cumps for lubor und destructlon (752). The
Nuzls qulckest und effectlve deuth cumps to klll ln lurge numbers were the gus chumbers ln
whlch they were put lnto thut resembled u shower. They were then gussed und ufter ubout
seven mlnutes there corpses, squushed together und dlstorted, full out llke u wuterfull und
then sent to burn ln cremutorlu (753). Of ull the 11 to 17 mllllon deuths of the Antl-
Semltlsm event, Evu Guller of Polund und Solomon Rudusky of Wursuw llve to tell the story
of thelr reul llfe experlence of Adolfs Hltler unnlhllutlon of the Jewlsh people und how they
survlved.
Born ln Oleszyce-Polund, u smull communlty thut conslsted of 7,000 fumllles, Evu
Guller experlenced u hlstory worth rememberlng (Menszer). As u llttle glrl, Evu felt the how
strong the Antl-Semltlsm wus ln her town und reculled how belng plcked upon by non-Jews
or the gentlle chlldren und how the Chrlstluns threw stones ut them on Euster due to thelr
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bellefs thut Jews kllled Chrlst (Munszer). Wlth llttle educutlon Evu mude the best of lt by
gettlng u |ob wlth u locul newspuper und luter lnternul revenue offlce to support her fumlly.
Suturduy June 1941 ls when Evus flght for survlvul begun (Menszer). After wuklng
up to the sounds of gunshots, she uwoke to found the Germun soldlers kllllng ln the streets.
Food becume more lmportunt thun unythlng especlully money. She recull huvlng to weur
whlte und blue urmbunds wlth sturs und Duvld Sewn on lt. Around September 1942, she
wus relocuted to u ghetto ln Lubuczow thut wus the slze of one clty block for 7,000 people
ln whlch they slept 28 to u 12 by 15 feet room (Menszer). There condltlons becume even
worst us people begln to wush ln the sume wuter, swell up due to eutlng gruss und get llce
und typhus.
Evus breukthrough from the horst condltlon cume Junuury 4, 1943, when they where
chuse out by the Pollsh pollce to deport on cuttle trulns to cremutorlums. Wlth the help of u
boy she, her brother und slster were uble to |ump off the truln. Unfortunutely her slbllngs
dldnt muke lt, they were shot deud by soldlers flrlng ut them. Evu remembers the words of
her futher You run, I know you wlll stuy ullve, whlch helped her to keep movlng forwurd
(Menszer). She moved from town to town wlth help of some furm fumllles, ulthough most
feured belng cuught for hldlng u Jew. The Red Cross helped to found her close frlend und u
trunslt to Sweden. Luter on Muy 2, 1954, she obtulned her quotu und urrlved ln the Unlted
Stutes. Although she hud been to whut some we conslder hell und buck, she held her heud
hlgh und moved on wlth her llfe wlth |ust memolrs of her fumlly.
Solomon Rudusky remembers very well how he hud to flght for hls llfe. He stuted
thut out of 78 people ln my fumlly, I um the only one to survlve (Menszer). He tells how he
hud u nlce llfe muklng fur couts ln Prugu. When lt ull sturted hls mother und older slster were
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kllled flrst becuuse they dldnt huve uny |ewelry or furs to glve the Nuzls. And hls futher u
yeur luter, 1942, ufter belng shot ln the buck for purchuslng breud from chlldren ucross the
wull lnto Wursuw Ghetto. It ls suld thut Wursuw ls the most lmportunt Jewlsh Clty.
Rudusky got lucky one mornlng when the Nuzl's cuught hlm wulklng ln the street
und forced hlm to work wlth u lot of other people cleurlng snow from the rullroud trucks. He
wus fortunute to be chosen und not shot to deuth. Thelr |ob wus to cleur the trucks und keep
the trulns runnlng. He wus beuten severul tlmes und trunsferred from cump to cump und
worked ut the cremutorlum luylng sund to cover the ushes of the deud. On-the-other-hund,
Rudusky kept metlculous records of the kllllngs. He showed plctures of bulldozed bodles ln
huge gruves. He kept photos he took of hlmself when the ullles went lnto the concentrutlon
cumps und freed the prlsoners who were stlll ullve. He wltnessed, flrst-hund, the horrlflc
results of whut the Nuzls dld. Rudusky not only huve photos to remember by, but u scur for
llfe whlch ls numbers tuttooed on thelr urm thut stunds for Chul (llfe). These were vlslble ln
severul photos. Only Jews hud thls horrlble Antl-Semltlsm done to them by the Nuzls.
The Holocuust wus consldered one of the worst wurs or unnlhllutlon of people ln
hlstory. Only u few llved to shure thelr storles wlth the world. Of them Evu Guller und
Solomon Rudusky of two dlfferent towns whos experlence were the sume. They lost thelr
entlre fumllles, were suved wlth the help of furmers und belleved ln the Rubbl. Whut ls
more surprlslng ls thut they resldes ln New Orleuns us of toduy, ure murrled, und huve
chlldren. They endured the worst thut u person should never go through but through lt ull
they fought, hud fulth, und llved to tell thelr reul-llfe experlence of the |ourney through Adolf
Hltlers Holocuust.

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Works Cltled
Duiker, Williams J., and Jackson J. Spielvogel. Worlds History Volume Since 1500. Vol 2. Boston:
Wadsworth. 2010.Print. 251-255.
Menszers, John. Holocaust Surviors. Survivor Stories Solomon Radasky.
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/data.show.php?di=record&da=survivors&ke=7. 27 JUN 2011.
Menszers, John. Holocaust Surviors. Survivor Stories Eva Galler.
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/data.show.php?di=record&da=survivors&ke=6. 27 JUN 2011.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Introduction to the Holocaust.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143. 28 JUN 2011.