I want to write a story about the Nazi camps

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We have to make sure that NOBODY EVER FORGETS the Holocaust......

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Please ..from now on...NEVER mention Stephen King in the same breath as nonfiction about the Holocaust

Please ..from now on...NEVER mention Stephen King in the same breath as nonfiction about the Holocaust

All right, jeez!

Just in case you didn't know , we do have Jewish members Joe.

I did know, or at least assumed. I wasn't offending, I was just talking about books and authors, not exactly what they're about. I just meant that Stephen King got famous by writing gory horror stories for people who seek that sort of genre, and so there are also people out there who seek disturbing non-fiction history like the Holocaust and will buy books that are based solely on that. I was not comparing Stephen King stories to factual history.

I'd like to write a story about the Nazi camps in WW2, like through a child's eyes, about a Jewish boy and his family being lured to the concentration camps believing it is going to be a life of luxury then finding out how it really is, and putting lots of emphasis into the story about how bad it was. But I have very little knowledge on what actually happened; how all the thousands of Jews got there and what they did once they were there and how long they were there for before they died or the end of the war.

I have looked up information on Google but it's still too complicated for me to take in, also I find it hard to focus on reading. I have lots of questions that I want answered specifically but simply.

Does anyone here, maybe with a special interest in this sort of thing, perhaps know bits of information that I can write a story with?

In the beginning of the story, I want the reader to be as none the wiser as the characters as what's going on. The reader gets misled into thinking that the characters are off on holiday or something, then start to realise throughout the story that it is obviously no holiday.
So I want the story to start off as a normal Jewish family living their normal lives until they receive...whatever lured them all to the concentration camps.

Was it a false advertising campaign where Jews received a brochure fooling them into joining some sort of luxury adventure club or exotic holiday?
I know lots of people were packed on trains, but when they first arrived to the Nazi camps were they tortured straight away, if not, how long did it take for them to realise how horrific it was?
What did the Nazi soldiers do to the children? Were they separated from their parents?
What sort of work did all the prisoners (children and adults), do each day?

I'm not sure whether to have the main characters escape at some point and go on to live their lives. But I just need some information on how the camps were, then we'll worry about the escape part later.

Thank you for your input.

Oh Great! Look what you've done now Joe , you've brought a holocaust denier to the forum , or you've made a member here create a sock puppet

Oh Great! Look what you've done now Joe , you've brought a holocaust denier to the forum , or you've made a member here create a sock puppet

Huh?

Self righteous indignation and assumption of facts not in evidence is one approach, but that's your choice of course

As we're all free to share our points of view

I know this is going to derail the thread, but please explain what you meant by, "assumption of facts not in evidence?" Is that to mean the Holocaust doesn't have facts backing it up?