The Gestapo Is Born Poem

The effect that the Holocaust had on the people who lived through it can be summed up in the word of torture. The surviving victims of the Holocaust were constantly abused, and instead of being treated like humans and equals, they were treated like animals. As a result, many people controlled by the Holocaust had been beaten to death. In correspondence with the three texts, these survivors were not only abused, but also lost loved ones, and were treated inhumanely like animals.
It is firstly depicted that the victims and survivors of the Holocaust were constantly abused. From the article “The Gestapo Is Born”, author The History Place informs readers that while the Gestapo came to rise, they tortured anyone who just about misused self-censorship out in the open. As recorded, “Gestapo interrogation methods included: repeated near drownings of a prisoner in a bathtub filled with ice cold water, electric shocks … and burning flesh with matches or a soldering iron” (The History Place, ¶15). The importance of the quote shows that victims were tortured in horrible, almost unthinkable ways. It also shows that it wouldn’t take much for a person to be taken into interrogation and ultimately tortured and abused. In finality, this represents how both …show more content…
From the poem “I’m Telling the Story”, author Magdalena Klein portrays how poorly victims were treated. As stated, “In rags, soiled, infested with lice, Stabbed by hunger…” (Klein, stanza 2). The quote is important for the reason that one can see through the writing at how poorly survivors and victims of the Holocaust were treated. It is also shown that they were treated like animals as they were either forced to starve, or didn’t have much to eat, weren’t able to keep clean, and weren’t given clothing suited for the harsh weather. In the end, this shows how survivors were treated inhumanely, and more like animals than