Jakob Blankitny Holocaust

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Jakob Blankitny Story Of The Holocaust

The Holocaust was a genocide in which six million Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime. From January 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945, Jews were killed in a genocide. This was one of the largest in history. The Nazi crimes also targeted Romanis, ethnic Poles, Slavs, Soviet POWs, communists, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses and the mentally and physically disabled people .A total of 11 million people were killed, also one million Jewish children.Of the nine million Jews who had lived in Europe before the Holocaust, two-thirds were killed.The holocaust was a cause of the death of six million Jews however, there are some people who survived (The Holocaust).

Jakob Blankitny, lived in a town called
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Blankitny stated that “Our life in the camp started at five o'clock in the morning when they gave us coffee and a piece of bread. At the same time, we were counted like animals; making sure That nobody was missing. We were beaten and abused constantly, especially if someone unfortunately fell or moved in place because of the hard beatings. These beatings were executed at that immediate instant; making the vile SS soldiers fill with laughter to see in our faces, the horror to which we were subjected” (Jakob Blankitny Holocaust Memorial). What he said is very depressing, they didn't really eat well. They were treated like animals, beaten to death and beaten even more if they fell.The SS soldiers would laugh in there face knowing their hurting is very upsetting. They worked outside the camp until seven o'clock pm. He moved to another camp and got sick with a terrible intestinal infection and, as a result of the bitter cold winter, Blankitny quoted “ I saw my feet freeze and chunks of flesh and skin fall from my fingers.” they ate one meal a day and it consisted of a soup with potato peels; scraps of food from the SS. Every day they watched as between 400 to 500 prisoners died in the camp (Jakob Blankitny Holocaust