A young Jewish woman, four months pregnant, stood among hundreds of women, all in the same state as her: cold and hungry. It was below 0° outside. The cold wind whipped the women's cheeks. The only clothes they had to protect themselves were the dirty, tattered clothes they wore that day. That terrible day when all their freedoms were stolen. The SS officer (Schutzstaffel) appeared before them, wearing heavy black boots, an impeccable uniform and a loudspeaker in his hand. “All the pregnant women are lining up,” he barked. Queue, queue – your food portions are doubled” (O’Connor online). Women of all stripes have mobilized. Some of them weren't even pregnant, just eager to take advantage of the offer. The girls were hungry. They hadn't eaten in days. Their last meal consisted of rock-solid bread and cold soup containing mostly water. It is not surprising that many women accepted this offer. This is not the case for the young Jewish woman. Something was holding her back. Two hundred women mobilized that day. Two hundred people were sent to the gas chambers. She was one of the lucky few to survive. The Holocaust was a tragic event that cost the lives of 6 million innocent Jews, a million of whom were children. The Nazis tortured, mistreated, neglected, and forced these Jews into foreign forced labor. and if that didn't kill them, then they died in gas chambers and massacres. Very few survived, but if they managed to escape the hands of these killers, they were forced to live with the memories of their traumatic experiences. Many people, including psychologists, predicted that these survivors would fall into depression and live sad lives, knowing how bad the world really could be. Contrary to popular belief, ex...... middle of paper ......arch for positive effects. American Academy of Traumatic Stress Experts, nd Web. October 31, 2013. Klein, Gerda Weissmann. Everything except my life. New York: Hill and Wang, 1995. Print. O'Connor, Joe. "Pregnant at Auschwitz: Toronto Holocaust survivor recalls split-second decision that saved her and her unborn son." Pregnant at Auschwitz: Toronto Holocaust survivor recalls split-second decision that saved her and her unborn son. Np, August 25, 2012. Web. November 30, 2013. .Shklarov, Svetlana. “Theory Through the Eyes of Child Holocaust Survivors.” Kavod.org. Np, and Web. October 31. 2013. .