Shoah - Movie Summary Essay -- Film Movies

The movie begins with Simon Srebnik going back to Chelmno, he is one of the two survivors. He was taken to Chelmno when he was thirteen, his start was killed in front of him, and his mother died in the gas vans. He was known throughout the camp for his agility and his beautiful singing voice. Before abandoning the camp the Nazis cranny everyone, including him, in the head. He was go forth for dead, but was found and survived. Simon went back to tell of the experience he had. He cannot believe what happened as he walks along what is left of the frame of the buildings. He said that 2,000 were burnt per day, but he remembers the camp as being peaceful. No one ever shouted, they just went or so their work. He was forced to go up the river, under guard, to get food for the rabbits from the alfalfa fields. Along the way he would sing and the people along the shore would harken and some still remember.The other survivor of Chelmno is Michael Podchlebnik. The day he went to the camp eve rything died in him, he is human though and wanted to live. He wants to forget about the Holocaust and doesnt like to talk about it. In the beginning he thought himself as dead because he never thought hed survive. His job was to unload corpses, on his first day he cried. On his third day he saw his wife and children. He throw off his wife in the grave and asked to be killed. The Germans said he was strong enough to work and that he wouldnt be killed yet. Motke Zaidl was a survivor of Sobibor. They vis...