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April McCarter

Mr.Neuburger

English 101, Section 132

24 March 2011

Annotated Bibliography

Holocaust

Auerbacher, Inge and Urbanowicz Gilbride, Bozenna. "Children of Terror" Introduction

IUniverse, 2009 1-20 Print.

The story is about two women who grew up very differently but their paths would cross in the
future. Bozenna Gilbride was born and lived in Leonowka, Poland. She is the oldest of four
children. Bozenna means “of God.”Her family had a shed across the road that would eventually
be used to hide fleeing people from the Nazis. In 1939 the “Red Storm” happened in the town of
Leonowka, Poland was taken under soviet occupation and the towns’ peoples’ lives would never
be the same again. In 1941 the Germans took over the soviet occupied portion of Poland.
Bozenna’s father would often help people that needed it and he often was caught and would
spend time in jail on more than one occasion. Eventually Bozenna’s family was deported to
Germany in the famous cattle cars and then their hell began.
Inge Auerbacher was born on December 31, 1934 in Kippenheim, Germany. She was an only
child. Religion was very important to her family and her family was considered middle class. In
1938 a turning point happened for Inge, her family and many other Jewish households. Many
Jewish homes were severely decimated or burned to the ground. At the same time many Jewish
men were arrested and sent to concentration camps, those who resisted were badly beaten or
shot to death. Inge’s father and grandfather were released from Dachau concentration camp a
few weeks later. What an amazing event. The family moved shortly after that to live with her
grandparents. In 1941 orders for transport was given to resettle in “the East.” There are so many
more facts that could be shared, but I wanted to give a little insight into these women’s lives.
I found the book an amazing story and felt like I truly understood what was going on at the time
of this horrible event.

Fallada Hans, and Hofmann Michael,. "Every Man Dies Alone." Introduction

Brooklyn: MelvilleHouse 1-74 Print.

The story is based on a poorly educated couple that was in the working class, Elise and Otto
Hampel. After Elise’s brother was killed early in the war, the couple wanted to get the word out
about civil disobedience and workplace sabotage in Berlin. They didn’t want people to give to
the Winter Fund, which in reality was a front to fund the war. The other important person in this
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story is Hans Fallada. He barely survived the war after spending a long period of time in a Nazi
insane asylum. After getting out which was almost unheard of, Hans relapsed and developed
severe drug and alcohol problems. A friend of Hans, Johannes Becher gave him a file filled with
the Hamel’s case and encouraged Hans to write a book. Hans did write a book and it only took
him 24 days to complete, but Hans did not live to see it published or the success of the book.
The story is action packed with many different elements to think about. There were so many
things to write about it was very hard to pick a few things out.

Fischer, Rosette. Holocaust Survivor Testimony." Interview You Tube.

USCShoahFoundation, 5 Feb. 1996. Web. 18 Mar. 2011.

Rosette Fischer is a Holocaust survivor. Rosette was born September 1923 in Poland. She had
three sisters a wonderful mother and a very caring father. Life was good until 1943 and her life
would be changed forever. The family was taken from their home and loaded onto cattle cars.
They were told they would be working, after traveling 3 nights Rosette, her family along with
many others arrived at Droncey. As soon as they were allowed off the cattle cars the men were
separated from the women and children. The soldiers were yelling hurry, hurry go to the left go
to the right. It was a very scary process and no one understood what was going on. The women
and young girls that were kept to work, were told to put their belongings in a pile, get undress
and stand in a line their heads were shaved they were given a uniform to wear and also a number
was tattooed on their arm. They worked hard daily and was not given much food and the living
courters were not in good condition. They slept in wooden beds that were like shelves, no
padding and a single sheet was given to the women/girls to share. Rosette lost one of her sisters
and father to illness and torture. She and her mother somehow made it through these horrible
situations and after the Holocaust was over they moved to Paris, and found her other sister living
on Poland. Rosette
was married in 1947 and has two children.
Listening to Rosette’s testimony was shocking and very interesting. It was horrific what the Jews
among other groups endured but somehow made it through and are brave enough to share their
stories.

"Interviews with Holocaust Survivors , Rosette Fischer (part 1 of 2)."

HHCoalition, 20 Nov. 2007. Web. 7 Mar. 2011.

Rosette continued her interview talking about her husband and children. In 1963 they moved to
California to start a life of new endless possibilities. She spoke about believing in a higher power
but has mixed emotions about God and if there is a God why would he have let the Holocaust
happen? She is proud to be a Jew, wants to keep the Jewish traditions in honor of her mother and
father. She wishes she knew “why” so many lives were taken but she will never have the answer
to that question. Rosette’s mother Ester made such an impact in her life, Ester had a heart of gold
and was a truly caring person she passed away 1990 in Los Angeles, California.
Rosette sounds like a woman I would love to sit and talk with.
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"History-The Holocaust." History.com.

A & E Television Network, 1996-2011. Web. 24 Mar. 2011.

I really like knowing the facts that is why I went to this website. The word Holocaust is greek
and “holos” means (whole) and “kaustos means (burned).The Holocaust was Hitler’s “final
solution.”Soon after the war ended Adolf Hitler joined the National Socialist German’s Worker’s
Party (NSDAP) known to English speaking individuals as the Nazis. The first official
concentration camp opened at Dachau (near Munich) many of the first prisoners sent there were
Communists. Many other facts were told but this is my summary of the article I read.
The history surrounding Hitler and the Nazis is tragic but very interesting to me.

Linhard, Tabea A. "History & Memory." 22.2 (2010): 95-124.

Academic Search Elite. Web. 7 Mar. 2011.

The article focuses on the mass conversion of Jews in the fourteenth century Spain and their
consequences in the establishment of the Inquisition. Trudi Alexy describes the spiritual
connection between her exile in Spain 1940’s and the struggles of crypto-Jews in earlier
centuries.
I found this article informative but confusing.

McGeary, Johanna, Cathy Booth, William Dowell, Elaine Rivera, and Adam Zagorin.

"Echoes of the Holocaust."Time.com, 24 Feb. 1997. Web. 24 Mar. 2011.

The magazine article spoke to different individuals to hear the story of the past. Bert Linder told
that in 1942 the Nazis took his gold wedding ring, he was also separated from his loved ones. He
told the interviewer that the Auschwitz ovens claimed his wife and 10 month old son and four
other family members. He had so many interesting stories I can’t wait to expand on them all. At
the end of his interview he stated “my life was meant for something.”

Through all the horrible things that Mr. Linder went through and he can see that his life was
worth so much he inspires me to become a better person.

Morton, Joseph. "Holocaust Survivor Testimony." Interview

USCShoahFoundation, 5 Feb. 1996. Web. 18 Mar. 2011.

Joseph Morton his last name was Mortkwitz, born on July 11, 1924 in Lodz, Poland. He had four
brothers and one sister. The neighborhood Joseph grew up in was considered old Jewish. He first
remembers hearing about the Germans taking over in 1930’s.In 1939’s the Germans took over
the neighborhood and made it into a ghetto, streets were blocked off and the town was divided
into smaller sections within the ghetto. The Jews had to wear a yellow band around their arm;
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they had a curfew at night. In 1940’s the ghetto was fully enclosed, then people began to be
taken away. In 1944 the ghetto was liquidated and everyone was ordered to get in cattle cars.
They were told they were going to work. Joseph, his father and cousin were kept together at
Auschwitz then two weeks later they were sent to Dahow were they had to carry cement bags
ten-twelve feet below the surface. They were then moved to Lunwitz many people died due to
the filth they had to live in. Joseph, his father and cousin were then sent to Mulldrf were he
stayed until they were liberated. He talked about many things and situations to many to write
about in a citation.
His testimony was really amazing, I wanted him to keep talking because in a weird way I could
understand the heart aches and struggles he went through daily in the camps that he stayed in.

"Interviews with Holocaust Survivors, Joseph Morton (part 1 of 2)."

HHCoalition, 20 Nov. 2007. Web. 7 Mar. 2011.

Joseph in the second part of his testimony spoke about when he left Germany to Canada then
came to Chicago, Illinois. He became a barber as a trade and was married in Montreal, Canada.
He has three children and five grandchildren. He still has nightmares, and he states Poland
doesn’t exist to him anymore, he has too many bad memories. He ended his interview with a
quote.”Live it up, celebrate and enjoy life every day.”I liked his quote so much I say it daily.

Porter, Anna. "Kasztner's Train." Introduction 2-23 Print

Douglas & McIntyre.

This is a true story about Rezso Kasztner unknown hero of Holocaust.

A meeting took place between Adolf Eichmann an architect of the Holocaust, and a Hungarian
lawyer and journalist called Rudolf (Rezso) Kasztner. Their discussion was about a train to be
filled with Jews. He wanted to save as many people as he could. Besides those that Rezso saved
on the trains he also negotiated with Adolf Eichmann to keep 20,000 Hungarian Jews alive.
Eichmann referred to these people as “Jews on ice.” The connections he had with high-ranking
Nazis would cost him his reputation for decades and eventually cost him his life.
I really enjoyed reading the introduction and I am going to finish this book because it is very
interesting.

Rabb, Scott. "THE LAST NAZI." Esquire 152.5 (2009)

Academic Search Elite. Web. 1 Mar. 2011.

The article focused on retired US auto worker John Demjanjuk he is awaiting trial in Germany
for allegedly being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at the Sobibor concentration
camp. His trial was in Israel and was overturned when the evidence showed John was not the so
called “Ivan the Terrible.” So he was not the accessory to the murders of these many Jews.
The article was truly fascinating, and I can’t wait to learn more about this man.
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Shrira, Amit, Yuval Palgi, Menachem Ben-Ezra, and Dov Shmotkin. "Functioning and Mortality

of Holocaust Survivors: Physical Resilience and Psychosocial Vulnerabilities." Journal of

Loss and Trauma 16.1 (2011): 67-83. Academic Search Elite. Web. 7 Mar. 2011.

The study focused on how older people experienced trauma during the Holocaust. When these
people focused on surviving the Holocaust their physical health did not differ but their
psychosocial showed lower functioning. A select group of elderly Holocaust survivors show a
remarkable biopsychosocial constitution.