Why it's important to value the time you were born - If This Is A Woman by Sarah Helm
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I've been continuing reading Sarah Helm's book, If This Is A Woman, and the section I've been paying close attention to was this time not about Ravensbrück, but actually about Auschwitz Birkenau, in Poland. I was completely and utterly shocked by the way the women in the camp were treated. By this point, it was quite late into Hitler's reign as Fuhrer, and the Final Solution was already being implemented. I thought that Ravensbrück was bad, but Auschwitz was a hundred times worse. Women were being transported like cattle from Ravensbrück to Auschwitz. Before, the women didn't know of their fate, but when they hid notes in their clothes about where they were, the women back at the camp now knew that they were heading to another bigger camp. The women never returned, either because they remained at the camp or they were being gassed as groups, since many women prisoners had to make selections about who was sick and who was healthy. Some refused to do so, but were severely punished, as a consequence. Those who were fit enough to work in Auschwitz, were living in awful conditions, with scabies boils and black lice covered all over their body. They were emaciated, skinny, and taken advantage of by the guards of the camp. One woman walked past the area where 200 people were being gassed. She could hear the awful screaming and after about 15 minutes, the deafening silence. This made me realise just how much I should value the time I live in now. I don't have to fear for my life, my family, and my friends. I can say and do what I want, without getting killed or arrested for it. Yet I take so much for granted because I don't see the suffering on a daily basis. I will definitely try to be less ignorant in the future after reading this.
What are you grateful for? Let me know in the comments below and I'll be sure to reply to them. I ♡ hearing from you!
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See you next time,
Bye,
XOX, Juliette
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I've been continuing reading Sarah Helm's book, If This Is A Woman, and the section I've been paying close attention to was this time not about Ravensbrück, but actually about Auschwitz Birkenau, in Poland. I was completely and utterly shocked by the way the women in the camp were treated. By this point, it was quite late into Hitler's reign as Fuhrer, and the Final Solution was already being implemented. I thought that Ravensbrück was bad, but Auschwitz was a hundred times worse. Women were being transported like cattle from Ravensbrück to Auschwitz. Before, the women didn't know of their fate, but when they hid notes in their clothes about where they were, the women back at the camp now knew that they were heading to another bigger camp. The women never returned, either because they remained at the camp or they were being gassed as groups, since many women prisoners had to make selections about who was sick and who was healthy. Some refused to do so, but were severely punished, as a consequence. Those who were fit enough to work in Auschwitz, were living in awful conditions, with scabies boils and black lice covered all over their body. They were emaciated, skinny, and taken advantage of by the guards of the camp. One woman walked past the area where 200 people were being gassed. She could hear the awful screaming and after about 15 minutes, the deafening silence. This made me realise just how much I should value the time I live in now. I don't have to fear for my life, my family, and my friends. I can say and do what I want, without getting killed or arrested for it. Yet I take so much for granted because I don't see the suffering on a daily basis. I will definitely try to be less ignorant in the future after reading this.
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What are you grateful for? Let me know in the comments below and I'll be sure to reply to them. I ♡ hearing from you!
Be sure to follow and subscribe, so that you don't miss any more of my amazing posts!
See you next time,
Bye,
XOX, Juliette
TEDx Talks:
TEDx Talks
Pixabay:
Alexas Fotos
My social media handles:
My Instagram
My YouTube channel
My main blog:
Keeping Up With Juliette
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