The story of Joseph Sher

It is not so easy to do this interview. Last night I did not have a minute's sleep. When I sleep, I dream, I dream, I dream. We did not know who was going to be left alive. "Don't forget, tell the world" was the last thing our friends said before they were taken to their deaths. You cannot keep it inside. -joseph sher




Joseph Sher was born on Krzepice,Poland. He had 3 brothers and 3 sisters. He was the middle child, like me. His father was a secretary to the courts and also made outfits for the priest. He married a woman who was his sisters best friend,They tried to escape to Russia but by that time to many immigrants were already trying or had already gotten over there and the Russians were now keeping cloe eyes ont he borders. He talks about how he even wrote letters to Mrs. roosevelt trying to get her to help  in someway but he never recieved a response.

Shortly after his family went to the ghetto Hitler wanted to build a highway and needed workers, men between the ages of 20 and 30. Ech family had to have one man from every house go to help build it. His older brother had a wife and his other brother was not yet 20 but was very strong and wanted to go work for him, but he sdidnt really know where he was going or what to expect so he went.

He was in a labor camp for a little over months, 70 to 80 packed in barns anf they had to use bags as socks on there feet. He said the lice was so bad they would strip naked to give there clothes ice baths to kill the lice but then they were jus back 2 days later. Bunkers were also only given to kilos of bread a say wich they had to ration out. He talks about hoo most people ate really fast but he saved his and just ate a little throughout th day.

He survived because of some german Jews that he had known from the big ghetto. one was a physician and they were able to sneek him out, he returned to the ghetto. Shortly after his grandma was shot and killed. And after that they were moving people out of the ghettos for good, his brother was able to save ten people by bringing them to a facory to work, but he still lost his mother, and sister as soon as they moved the ghetto.

I can relate to him because also in the article i read he talked about how he just went with everything that was going on and just told himself "whatever happens, happens" and i think that to about alot of things. And i can also relate to him becuase i am a middle child also and i would do the same thing if my brother was trying to be a hero for me. I would rather have something happen to me then to anyone else in my family, and i think he felt the same.