Mila 18, by Leon Uris, is set in Poland During World War II.
war, the Jewish race contributed to a significant part of the European economies .
and cultures. However, at this time, the world was hit by a terrible depression .
which left many people of Europe with nothing. Unfortunately, to find an easy .
answer to their problems at this time, the Nazis Party in Germany blamed the .
hardships of Europe on the Jews. As a result, the Jews were put in .
concentration camps, with horrible conditions, where they were segregated from .
the other races. Mila 18 is about these Jews who faught for their lives. There .
were strong Jews who could withstand the atrocities commited against them. .
There were also weaker Jews who could not stand the horrible conditions around .
them and gave in to the Nazis Party. There were also evil Germans who .
wrongfully persecuted the Jews. Mila 18 shows that in dire situations and .
surroundings, one will change and show his or her true nature because of .
ultimately one thing: faith. .
Dr. Paul Bronski was one of the best professors at the university in .
Warsaw before the war, and he was loved by all his students (Uris 78). He was .
one of the leaders of the universities, and he was looked up to by everyone else. .
However, during the war, he becomes a part of the Jewish Civil Authority (Uris .
136), and does the dirty work for the Germans against his own people, the Jews, .
in order to stay alive. He has so much faith in the fact that if he does what he is .
told to do by the Germans, then he and his famliy would be saved. This causes .
him to help the Germans even when it means death for his own people; .
consequently, his children and wife become "embaressed" (Uris 339) by him. .
When he was not surrounded by horrible conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto, he .
was one of the most respected person in Warsaw. However, when he is.
surrounded by "half-starved, disease-weakened" (3) people in the ghetto, he .