6 000 000 Jews. He was the very essence of Nazism. Terror was present in each of the countries under Nazi domination. Poland was the setting of the holocaust. The Nazis, with their white supremacist mentality, brought forth the German Nazi decreed and hatred toward the Jews: "You have no right to live." Why? Many factors contributed to why Hitler despised the Jewish race. The Jews - not the Romans - were blamed for the crucifixion of Christ, they were labeled as greedy, and they were blamed for Germany's loss in WWI. Hitler attempted to create the "ideal" German nation and anyone with imperfections, Jewish people included, was reduced to all that was bad and immoral. Hitler was full of hatred and vengeance against the Jew

History books tell us that not all Germans believed in Hitler's dictatorial "Final Solution". Most Germans were frightened and threatened that if they tried to provide hiding places for Jews or were accomplices in trying to help them escape, they would be killed. Even though these threats and punishments existed, human compassion, love and respect for human beings in general, regardless of race, overpowered Hitler's hatred. People like Oskar Schindler and many others truly believed in the power of love, respect of others and the equal treatment of human kind. Schindler says to Stern - a Jew - " I value your opinion" (Schindler's List 76), which was extremely rare and dangerous at the time. All human beings must be treated with respect and dignity, but during the horrors of the Holocaust, many stories, verbal and written, clearly revealed the pain and suffering of the Jewish people. Both novels, Schindler's List and Night, vividly describe, in detail, the endless pain and anguish of the Jewish people. The horror of the conditions of the concentration camps was an image of hungry, weak men, women and children, entering the gates of hell, wondering if they would ever come out alive or if their bodies will be converted into "piles of anonymous powdered ash" (Eban 57). In Night, Wiesel says, " I shall never forget that night, the first night in the camp, which has turned my life into one long night." ( Night 32). The one long night is a powerful image identifying the sense of the darkness, the torture, and constant agony that his life was full of as a result of the nights he spent there. Judy Cohen, a holocaust survivor, also described her constant companions in the concentration camp as the fear of death, fear of hunger and the fear of losing loves ones. Anticipation of who died next was another fear. Who will be the next to enter the burning flames of hell - the ovens - the weak, the sick, or an innocent child? And that smell in the air - they would question - Was it my family or someone else's? And did it matter? The smell of burning human flesh was so strong that it was a constant reminder that faith and hope for survival were nowhere near.

Although many were killed during this horrifying ordeal, many survived because of their faith and hope. Some survived because of luck, others because of the help of some courageous people. Oskar Schindler was a

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