The Holocaust: The Meaning of Never Again part 2 (Extra Credit)

After hearing Leo’s past and experience we had the honor to hear out another survivor. She went by the name of Lisl Bogart. Lisl was 13 years old when her life almost came to an end. Everything that she went through was tough yet restricted and survived. Lisl and her both her parents with her 17 years old brother were deported to the concentration camp back in 1942. And in 1943 both her parents and her brother were taken away and never seen again. Out of her 43 family members that went in she was the only one who had survived. She explained to us that she remembers more or less how it all began. She remembers one cold night the German riding around in tanks through the town. The following morning the town was decorated with Juden signs everywhere.

She remembers going to school and her teacher insulting her in front of everyone. She quoted that this is what her teacher had told her “You dirty filthy Jew. You Pig.” and spit at her and gave her his back. She then thought what she could have done for him to treat her that way. She remembers when the curfews started. Every Jew had to be in by 7 p.m and if they were found at a later time wondering they were taken away and never came back.She showed us her Juden star that was given to her, the original. Juden in German stands for Jews. Everything for her had changed so dramatically. She remembers her father telling her “It would be hard, but we will manage”. The only way to survive would be to be useful. You had to be strong and work for them. The younger ones and older ones were worthless and taken care of in a very rude and upsetting matter.

In the morning to eat they were given brown water which is coffee and a slice if bread. And at the end of the day they were given soup. But not the type of soup that we are thinking of with the noodles and chicken, to them it was a grayish brownish mush. The Red Cross from time would want to visit and see how things were going. So the SS Soldiers would create a pretend village. They would create a bakery, school, a grocery, and even a soccer team. They would gather a group of Jews and some extra and tell them what to say to impress the Red Cross. After that it would be the same story and the same treatment.

There are Holocaust Denier known as the Revisionist, a horrible thing to deny and say that no such thing occurred. 6 million Jews died and 5 million other. A sad ending but like the title says The Meaning of Never Again.