Adolescent Living in the Ghetto of Lodz, Poland

You have chosen the role of an adolescent living in the ghetto of Lodz, Poland. You are living in very harsh conditions with your family and fear deportation to a concentration camp anyday now. Every day you struggle to find enough food for yourself and your family to survive on. You struggle to be well enough to work, for if you do not work, the Nazi soldiers will find you useless and that will be the end. Below you will find websites. You must review these sites and respond in your journal to the questions that follow.
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/lodz.html
http://www.fatherryan.org/holocaust/lodz/Ghettofa.htm
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/lodzpictoc.html
*Chose one picture from this last website, and discuss in your journal an event that took place based on this picture*
Questions/Issues:
* How do you acquire food?
* How is the health of you and your family?
*Do you have hope or do you live in despair?
*Do you have any dreams or aspirations for the future?
*How will you avoid deportation to a concentration camp?