kitty hart Return to Auschwitz
...ought for sure at least two times she would be sentence to the “final solution”. She took many beatings trying to do well for others and do well for her self. Whenever possible she hid and did no work at all, just trying to conserve as much energy as possible. 4) What are the factors that made it possible for Kitty to survive? Luck would be the biggest factor in Kitty’s survival, but also smarts, bravery, and courage played a huge role. A good example of this is where she realized that the night shift workers of the Kommando were able to sleep during the day and skip out of the role calls. She snuck in with the night shift group to get double rations, lots of sleep, no work to wear her out, and was not exposed to the random beatings of Kapos or S.S. guards. 5) Why does Kitty believe it is important for others to see, learn, and tell the story of what happened? So that no one forgets what happened at Auschwitz and people realize that mass murder of millions of innocent people did happen. Kitty believes that “terrible thing had to happen, or was allowed by human negligence and human wickedness to happen…” Would we have learned anything if the Holocaust never happened? The Holocaust is central to understanding the causes of the genocides that have occurred in many parts of the world since the end of WWII. 6) What restrictions did survivors of the Holocaust have? Engla...