Monday, December 7, 2009

How The Holocaust affected everyone

Most people think that The Holocaust only affected those that were part of it. Really it affected everyone. Many people have heard about Anne Frank. The famous little girl who went into hiding when The Holocaust started and stayed in hiding for a long time. Most people have read her book called "Anne Frank's Diary: The Diary of a Young Girl." It tells her story about what she thought about The Holocaust. Many Americans were also affected during The Holocaust. In this story a girl tells about her father's experience with The Holocaust. After The Holocaust many Jews decided to immigrate to America. They left behind their culture and heritage along with many other things. The Holocaust may have mostly affected the people who were a part of it but it also affected the children of people who did survive The Holocaust. In this article it explains how the traumatization could affect the children in many ways. They could have flashbacks and could start crying. They could remember those painful weeks or days. It mainly had an affect on the children whose parents did not survive. Just imagine life without your mother or father and knowing what happened to them and how they died. Waking up in the night screaming for your mom or dad but knowing they wont come. These are just a few affects of a The Holocaust on children of those who did not survive. The Holocaust affected everyone. Jews and non-Jews were affected. So were children, and people of other countries. The whole world was affected by what happened during that painful time.