On May 13, 2010 there was a speaker by the name of Edith. She is a survivor from the Holocaust, this was a time when many lives had been destroyed. In 1944 she was thirteen years old and lived in Hungary Buddha. She had lived with her aunt Ella when the Nazis soldiers came into there apartment and forced them the the maintenance room. The people who had been sick or too old, were shot to death right away in front of their friends,family, and neighbors. Edith and her aunt Ella were taken to a stadium. They were getting put in big trucks and were driven to their destinations. Ella had seen a Hungarian soldier that used to work for her and she was very kind to him. She had called him over and asked him to take them out of the stadium. He had done so, he had saved Ella and Edith.
Ella had taken Edith to a Christan woman's house who fed them and sheltered them. When they had left the woman's home they went to a household that was supposed to house them until the war was over. Ella had paid a great amount of money to find out this housing was all a scam and the Nazis had been waiting for them when they had to leave. They were sent to concentration camps that only provided stale bread and not enough water to drink. Every morning they would march and they were humiliated. The Jews had things thrown at them but they still had to march. In these camps everyone had to watch what they said you couldn't trust anybody. Other Jews would tell if you talked bad about the Nazis. They would do these things for food. Ella and Edith were separated when Edith was fourteen, and she was alone. Edith decided one day she would leave this camp even if she got shot, she had nothing to lose. A man had stopped her and she was so scared she could not answer his questions. In her purse was a cross that was given to her, she had dropped her purse and the cross fell out. When he seen the cross he let her go free. She was free and didn't know what to do with herself, so she decided to go to the Christan woman's home. She had lived there until she was seventeen years old. She went on a ship that was on sea for three weeks and she was very sick. The boat had stopped and Ella thought the boat was sinking then a man in uniform had come to the bottom of the ship. He had asked her what she was doing down there and she didn't know. He picked her up and put her on his shoulders and showed her the statue of liberty. Tears had come to her eyes and she was very greatful. All that came on that ship were put in prision and were questioned. Edith had loved being there she said it was like a vacation to her. Edith lived in America and was very happy and she lived a successful life. To me she is vey courageous and she is an example of a strong woman.
Ella had taken Edith to a Christan woman's house who fed them and sheltered them. When they had left the woman's home they went to a household that was supposed to house them until the war was over. Ella had paid a great amount of money to find out this housing was all a scam and the Nazis had been waiting for them when they had to leave. They were sent to concentration camps that only provided stale bread and not enough water to drink. Every morning they would march and they were humiliated. The Jews had things thrown at them but they still had to march. In these camps everyone had to watch what they said you couldn't trust anybody. Other Jews would tell if you talked bad about the Nazis. They would do these things for food. Ella and Edith were separated when Edith was fourteen, and she was alone. Edith decided one day she would leave this camp even if she got shot, she had nothing to lose. A man had stopped her and she was so scared she could not answer his questions. In her purse was a cross that was given to her, she had dropped her purse and the cross fell out. When he seen the cross he let her go free. She was free and didn't know what to do with herself, so she decided to go to the Christan woman's home. She had lived there until she was seventeen years old. She went on a ship that was on sea for three weeks and she was very sick. The boat had stopped and Ella thought the boat was sinking then a man in uniform had come to the bottom of the ship. He had asked her what she was doing down there and she didn't know. He picked her up and put her on his shoulders and showed her the statue of liberty. Tears had come to her eyes and she was very greatful. All that came on that ship were put in prision and were questioned. Edith had loved being there she said it was like a vacation to her. Edith lived in America and was very happy and she lived a successful life. To me she is vey courageous and she is an example of a strong woman.
