Survival of the Richest

“With money you can always get anything!” (Spiegelman, 74) Some man would be as strong as cow, but no one can survive without enough water and food. Germans do not follow any policy, and they killed and gas anyone they grab. Vladek and Anja survived because they were one of the richest Jews. Therefore, surviving from Holocaust does not depend on the physical strength; it is about those Jews who could pay high price to bribe the authorities, and to buy the excess necessities.
The Jews who survived well at the beginning of the Holocaust, needed not only the power in the community, but also cash to buy food. The more connection a Jew could pull together, the more chance that they live well. The cold-blooded Germans gave food coupons to Jews, which is not even enough to feed a dog. Jews survived buy food and necessities from the black market. Vladek recalled, “When first I came home it looked exactly so as before I went away…each of us gets coupons for...