I am currently reading the story We Were in Auschwitz Narrated by Janusz Nel Siedlecki. He is trapped in a Nazi concentration camp. It is almost impossible to read this story without cringing at the way that these innocent prisoners were treated. They were whipped if they stopped working for one second. Men were literally turning into wild animals. People would murder each other for the last drop of soup.

         It is almost unbelievable how people were treated. The guards would beat prisoners just for the heck of it. If you went a foot out of line or didn’t march properly you could and would be shot. Being in these camps activated people’s inner animal instincts. You could be the nicest person in the world outside of the camp but inside you would steal and attack people for a crumb of bread.

         I believe everyone should read this book or a book like it. There is a saying “Those who ignore history are destined to repeat it.” If you have no knowledge of  World War II then it could happen all over again. There is a very miniscule chance that it will happen but there still is a chance. Things like concentration camps are happening in other countries right now. Those countries weren’t totally involved in the world war so they have no knowledge of the torment that the “prisoners” went through, proving the famous quote.