except for one at Treblinka. However, there were many uprisings at the camps. If loved ones were seen being taken to the Gas Chambers, family would do everything in their power to stop them until they were shot by other guards. On Monday, August 2, 1943, sixty Jews planned an uprising at the feared death camp, Treblinka. These men tried to disarm the guards and burn the camp down, and then travel to a Polish camp about a mile away. Out of the seven hundred that tried to escape, only about two hundred were successful(Meltzer 83). This was the only way out for many of the Jews. If they didnt escape, they would be burned to death. A tough decision that many were forced to make. They could escape and leave loved ones behind or stay in the camps and watch their families, and later them be killed.Six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust(Meltzer 182). Many Jews said they would rather die a Jew, than live practicing Nazism. Killed in camps, and on the streets the Jews did not stand a chance in Europe. They had to escape while they could. Families would meet together and discuss how, when, and where they were going to go. Many decided to head south, towards the Mediterranean Sea. Finally, their dream came true. On November 29, 1947, the United Nations made the land occupied by Jews from the Holocaust, the state of Israel(Friedman 120 121). The Jews who escaped now had their own homeland.Forgetting what we knew is inhumane. By nature, man is neither good nor evil. He has both possibilities. And the freedom to realize one or the other(Meltzer 191). Words cannot describe what a Jewish man or woman might have been subject to during this time. Experiences at these camps that changed their lives forever will always be in the back of their minds. Nor can words describe the killings and tortures committed by the Nazis. Their actions contradict their beliefs. Their actions also go against all morals ever taught by and to m...
