About Survival The holocaust was an event that killed The Jewish fought to survive the death trains. about six million Jewish people. However, most children could not survive the death The Jewish citizens who witnessed this event trains because they suffocated to death. But, the death had great courage and a strong will trains sometimes brought families together. This was do to survive to get through this event. to the fact that the Jewish had to be transported with their The Germans and the Nazi’s were in families. Also, on the trips on the death train the jews charge of the jews. The holocaust was would have one bucket of drinking water and one back in the past but some Jewish people bucket for waste to be shared among all people on the still have flashbacks of their journey. carts. Sometimes, the Germans would give each prisoner Some flashbacks would include the one piece of bread and was told that it should last them trips on the death train. eight days. Transporting Journey The transporting carts that the Jewish During the transportation on the death went on were not meant for people. train the Jewish were evacuated one by one onto The carts were meant for cargo and the transporting carts. The German soldiers transporting items. But, the Germans would stand by each checkpoint where the would use these carts to transport the Jews were loaded to make sure that everyone jews from one concentration camp to got on the train. The German soldiers stood by another. There were many Jewish and the loading area but if one person would make a not enough carts to transport everyone. run for the Germans wouldn’t bother to chase The transporting carts would be bolted them down because the Nazi’s would find shut with no windows on their journey Some journeys were about two weeks but to a concentration camp. The Germans some were more and some were less. Also, would pack about 400 Jewish people in a sometimes bodies would pile up in the carts transporting cart that was suppose to so the Germans gave the jews pickaxes and hold only about 100 people. Most shovels to bury the bodies. people died on this journey from suffocation do to no room or air in the carts.