Wealth and ingenuity can decide one's fate during the Holocaust. In the Holocaust, money plays a crucial role in helping Jews survive the Holocaust. When the Germans raided the ghetto, Vladek and his family were in hiding. Vladek pays for materials to help build bunkers for him and his family. Additionally, Vladek pays others to stay in their homes after escaping the ghetto. Without these bunkers Vladek and his family would probably have been found by the Germans and taken to a concentration camp. Money was extremely useful to the Jews. It is used to purchase food and other miscellaneous items to help survive the Holocaust. Money decides the fate of Vladek's future during the Holocaust, for example he buys work permits from German overseers, uses his valuables to buy food for his family, Vladek uses his money to buy a bunker for him and his family to hide him in. was crucial to surviving the Holocaust. Vladek used the money to pay for a hideout for his family. Vladek's bunker serves as a crucial hideout when the Germans raid the ghetto. Vladek arranged for his family to hide in the bunker when the Germans were raiding the ghetto during the Holocaust. Artie was discussing the bunker with his father-in-law: “I have prepared a very good hiding place for us” (Spiegelman, 110). Vladek used the money to buy hideouts. Vladek suggests that the bunkers be in places that are not too obvious to spot. False walls in sheds or at the back of the house. Also, bunkers in the attic with a false wall or in the cellar hidden behind a false wall. When the Gestapo raids the ghetto, Vladek and his family go to hide in the bunker. Vladek has a new bunker set up every time his family is relocated. Without the bunkers he and his family would have been sent to f... middle of paper... money and his valuables to escape the Germans. Additionally, the money can be used to purchase a bunker to hide in. The bunkers were a popular hideout for Vladek's family. Vladek uses his money and valuables to bribe a German overseer and get him a priority work pass. So he works legally for the Germans. Vladek received food stamps, for food. Those food stamps didn't give Vladek and Anja enough food to feed them both. During the Holocaust it was difficult to find good food, so when Vladek discovered the black market he took advantage of it. Vladek uses his money and valuables to buy food from Mrs. Motonowa. It sells fresh bread, chocolate and food you couldn't normally get with food stamps. During the Holocaust, supplies and resources were very limited. With money, Jews had many more opportunities to help survive the Holocaust.