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Chatel, Vincent. "Just a Normal Day in the Camps." Just a Normal Day in the Camps.
N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2017

Whenever the Jewish prisoners were taken to their concentration camps or labor camps,
they were unaware of the work and daily routine that was waiting for them. The work and
daily routine would be very gruesome and odious. Day by day, the routine stayed the
same for the prisoners in the concentration and labor camps. Early in the morning, around
4:00a.m, the prisoners were awakened to the sound of orders being shouted from the
Kapos. Then, they were ordered to make their some-sort-of-a-bed the exact way soldiers
in the military make their beds. After that, the prisoners had the quick opportunity to
wash themselves in the very few sanitary facilities available for the hundreds of
prisoners. Before they knew it, it was time for breakfast. The breakfast the prisoners
received consisted of about ten ounces of bread and some tasteless coffee without any
cream nor sugar. On occasion, if they were lucky, the prisoners would receive either
sausage or margarine along with their food. But, if you did not have your mess-tin (tray)
with you, you would not be served. Sadly, the SS officers and Kapos searched for any
opportunity to haze and beat the prisoners. For example, at breakfast the officers would
throw the prisoners bread in the mud or push the prisoners while they were receiving
their coffee so they would spill and waste it. After breakfast, it was time for the morning
roll call to occur. During morning roll call, all prisoners were to be in attendance, dead or
alive. The prisoners were ordered to line up in rows of ten. While the Kapos were
counting the prisoners, the prisoners were to stand at attention for hours on end. The
prisoners were not permitted to talk nor move during roll call. Then comes the work. The
prisoners were ordered to work 12-14 hours a day doing very rigorous and gruesome
work. If the Kapos saw that the prisoners were not working hard or fast enough, they
would beat and insult them, even more so. The prisoners were commanded to report back
to the camp for evening roll call and dinner. Evening roll call is very similar to morning
roll call, but evening roll call can be a time for severe punishments to occur. After that, it
was time for dinner, which consisted for soup and any bread that the prisoners had tried
to save during the day. Lastly, it was time for bed. There were five prisoners that slept on
one straw mattress, with one blanket, and no heat throughout your barrack.

History.com Staff. "The Holocaust." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 06
Mar. 2017.

Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany on January 20, 1934 and then later went
on to become the dictator of Germany. Under Hitlers rule, his main concern was racial
purity and expansion of Germanys empire. He created an anti-Semitic army called the
Nazis. Adolf Hitler, who was terribly anti-Semitic, was obsessed with the idea of Aryan
Race. Through Hitlers eyes, the Aryan Race was pure German race. Hitler also
though that the Jews were an inferior race and therefore were a threat to the German
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community and racial purity (the Aryan Race). During Hitlers rein as dictator, Adolf
Hitler wanted to make Jews lives miserable. The first concentration camp was called
Danchau, that was opened in March of 1933. From there on, he continued his process to
eliminate the Jewish race. Hitler held rallies, publicly burned the books written by
Jewish, Communists, and liberals authors, and enforced the Nuremberg Laws, which
were laws that stripped the Jews of their basic rights. This went on for years in the
making until Hitler saw it fit for the final solution, known as the Holocaust.

JOHN PRZYBYS. "Holocaust Survivor Describes Life in Nazi Concentration Camps." Las
Vegas Review-Journal. N.p., 25 Jan. 2014. Web. 06 Mar. 2017.

For many Holocaust survivors, their experiences could be very different. For Holocaust
survivor, Meta Doran, she described what it was like to be a prisoner at the concentration
camp of Bergen Belsen and what it was like to be in transports. She said that whenever
the Russian troops or the American troops were advancing, the prisoners would be forced
into transports and relocated to another concentration camp or labor camp. For her, when
the Russian troops were advancing, she was relocated from Auschwitz to Bergen
Belsen. When she arrived in Bergen Belsen, all the prisoners were to be registered. This
took much time considering that many different languages were spoken. When the
German soldiers witnessed that you had something special to offer, they spent no time
delaying. Meta Doran was used as a translator because she spoke German, English,
Polish, and Yiddish. She was ordered to assist during registration and this saved her life.
She described that meals consisted of bread for breakfast and watery soup for lunch that
was prepared using the peelings of the vegetables that the Germans ate earlier. Once
again, the Russian army advanced and Meta was relocated to another concentration and
work camp called Salzwedel, at the recommendation of a German officers who knew her.
The camp was run by a traditional German, who had a heart. There, Meta Doran
worked in the kitchen, preparing meals for the prisoners. Soon after, Salzwedel was
liberated.

Wiesel, Elie. Night. Translated by Marion Wiesel, Hill and Wang, 1958.

In the memoir called Night by Elie Wiesel, he retells his story of what life was like during
the Holocaust and he also shares his own experiences and memories. On pages #42-43,
Elie Wiesel describes to the readers what daily life was like during his time in the
Auschwitz concentration camp. On this particular day, early in the morning, the Elie and
the fellow prisoners would awake, go to the very few sanitary facilities to wash, and
receive new clothing along with some black coffee. That certain day, the veteran
inmates did not harass them with brutality, thankfully. The prisoners left their barrack at
around ten oclock in the morning in order for the barrack to be cleaned. Elie says that
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their morale was instantly boost do to the sunshine and a good nights sleep. The
prisoners were allowed to visit with each other until it was lunch time. For lunch, the
prisoners received one bowl of thick soup. After lunch, the Jews were permitted to take a
short nap. Elie also recalls that a certain SS officer said that Auschwitz would not be a
convalescent but he was wrong according to Elie. That afternoon, the Elie and the
prisoners were forced to line up in order to be assigned their numbers. The veterans
would tattoo the numbers on the left arm of the other prisoners. Elie was assigned A-7713
and no longer had any other name. After that, roll call was at dusk and the prisoners were
once again allowed to visit with each other until it was time for bed.