OVERVIEW
The Holocaust is known as the systematic slaughter of not only 6 million Jews, the main targets, but also 5 million others, so approximately 11 million people were brutally murdered by the Nazi regime. It is hard to accept the fact 11 million people were killed because of racism and hate. The bad thing about it is this happened all in a period of 11 years (1933-1945). The first concentration camp opened in 1933. In 1993 the Nazis came to power, and continued to run until the end of the war and the last camp, which ended in May 1945. There were about 10 million refugees in Europe at the end of the war. Many relief organisations did all they could to help send survivors on there way, but as for the Jews their situation, they had it tougher. Many of them did not have homes, families or communities to go to for help. The Soviet Forces liberated as many camps as they could. They also uncovered many Nazi camps.
Solomon Radasky says "How did I survive? When a person is in trouble he wants to live. He fights for his life...Some people say, "Eh -- What will be, will be." No! You have to fight for yourself day by day. Some people did not care. They said, "I do not want to live. What is the difference? I don't give a damn." I was thinking day by day. I want to live. A person has to hold on to his own will, hold on to that to the last minute." Solomon had two children a son, David Radasky and a daughter, Toby Kornreich. At the beginning of the war, Radasky was a furrier by trade. He was made to stitch coats for the SS, members of Hitler's elite guard. He was shot in the ankle during the Warsaw uprising in 1943, which was witnessed from behind a broken wall. Solomon's friend removed the bullet from his ankle with a pocketknife. He had a noose around his neck once. Radasky was also sent through a bunch of concentration camps before finally being placed at Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camp, this was one of the most infamous death camps in the Nazi regime. Radasky spent two years shoveling sand on the ashes of Jewish bodies outside of the crematorium, and witnessed countless deaths. All but one of his relatives died. A number tattooed on his arm, 128232, was his identification number that stayed there the remainder of his life. After American soldiers liberated the camp in 1945, Radasky then moved to a displaced persons camp in Germany, where he got married.
Solomon Radasky says "How did I survive? When a person is in trouble he wants to live. He fights for his life...Some people say, "Eh -- What will be, will be." No! You have to fight for yourself day by day. Some people did not care. They said, "I do not want to live. What is the difference? I don't give a damn." I was thinking day by day. I want to live. A person has to hold on to his own will, hold on to that to the last minute." Solomon had two children a son, David Radasky and a daughter, Toby Kornreich. At the beginning of the war, Radasky was a furrier by trade. He was made to stitch coats for the SS, members of Hitler's elite guard. He was shot in the ankle during the Warsaw uprising in 1943, which was witnessed from behind a broken wall. Solomon's friend removed the bullet from his ankle with a pocketknife. He had a noose around his neck once. Radasky was also sent through a bunch of concentration camps before finally being placed at Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camp, this was one of the most infamous death camps in the Nazi regime. Radasky spent two years shoveling sand on the ashes of Jewish bodies outside of the crematorium, and witnessed countless deaths. All but one of his relatives died. A number tattooed on his arm, 128232, was his identification number that stayed there the remainder of his life. After American soldiers liberated the camp in 1945, Radasky then moved to a displaced persons camp in Germany, where he got married.