There are many heroes of the Holocaust, but Chiune stood out among all of them. He did what he knew was right, without thinking about the consequences. Chiune Sugihara was willing to do anything to save the lives of others. Chiune Sugihara was born in a small town, Yaotsu, on the island of Honshu. He was born on January 1, 1990, to Mitsugoro, the Emporer’s local tax collector, and Yatsu, a descendant from Samurai ancestry. Chiune had 6 siblings; 5 brothers and 1 sister. Since Chiune was born on the first day of the New Year, his parents believed he would be special. There was a legend that said a spirit named the Snow Woman would appear on cold nights at the first of the year and give a child to a family. If she gave someone a child, it was said that child would grow up to become a very special and important person, as said in Gold’s book (1). …show more content…
He was constantly trying to impress his parents and earn their respect by making very good grades in school. He was taught three main things in school, which are also listed in George Johnston’s article (1): Do not be a burden to others; Take care of others; and Do not expect reward for your goodness. Later in his life, these teachings would come in handy. Chiune and his brother, Toyoaki, would often escape the pressures of schoolwork and go fishing together. When a horse passed by on the main road, they would pluck a piece of hair from their tail, and use it as their fishing lines (Gold 2-3). Out of all the children, Chiune was the strongest swimmer, and he was also one of the best “yakyuu” players, or baseball. The children would normally play yakyuu while wearing their normal clothing, which consisted of Komonos, which look like long silky robes, and loose-fitting shoes, causing running to be a
There are many heroic individuals in history that have shown greatness during a time of suffering ,as well as remorse when greatness is needed, but one individual stood out to me above them all. He served as a hero among all he knew and all who knew him. This individual, Simon Wiesenthal, deserves praise for his dedication to his heroic work tracking and prosecuting Nazi war criminals that caused thousands of Jews, Gypsies, Poles and other victims of the Holocaust to suffer and perish.
The story of Princess Ka’iulani is remembered as a tragic one, she passed away young and frail, and never was able to fulfill her duties as Hawaii’s next ruling queen. What many people have never known, is the warrior that hid behind her beautiful physique. She was a fighter; for her country, people, and the truth. Within her short 23 years, Princess Kaiulani became Hawaii's last hope to save the monarchy that had existed for so long. Sadly, she did not accomplish this feat, and her heroism and efforts have either been overlooked or forgotten. To be knowledgeable of her childhood, teenage life, and final years is the least that can be done out of respect for this great Hawaiian Princess.
“I will never be able to go back to Sweden without knowing inside myself that I’d done all a man could do to save as many Jews as possible.” A quote given by a holocaust upstander, Raoul Gustav Wallenberg. Raoul Gustav Wallenberg, along with many others, helped Jewish people escape from Nazi’s during the holocaust. He was one of many who helped hide Jews, and or helped Jews escape the holocaust horrors, proving that he is an upstander to the holocaust.
(Moore) While living in brutal conditions, Wiesel did everything he could for himself and others. He prayed almost four times a day for the end of the Holocaust. Fighting through starvation, Wiesel was never selfish and continuously worked to help other Jews escape. While helping others, Wiesel was still a young man with hope to escape and tell his stories to the world.
A brave hero often risks his/her lives to save someone else. In Zeitoun, Dave Eggers tells us a story of Abdulrahman Zeitoun, the hard working Syrian American owner of a contracting company in New Orleans. Zeitoun and his wife Kathy ran the company together. They have three children named Nademah, Safiyah, Aisha. Kathy has a child from her first marriage. Zeitoun is very closed with his family and he takes his family like nobody else. When hurricane Katrina landed in 2005, endless number of people were affected. Mayor Nagin ordered a first time ever mandatory evacuation. Kathy moved with the children to her sister’s house in Baton Rouge. Zeitoun refused to leave with his family because he didn’t want lose his properties, but at the same time, his customers trusted him and gave him their house keys to check on their houses, which caused his separation with his family. This illustrates that Zeitoun is a responsible, powerful, trustworthy, and unselfish person. During the hurricane, Zeitoun was using a canoe rescuing people. Due to the lack of rescue work, many people didn’t get enough supports at that time. Zeitoun had the courage to sacrifice his family, safety, and selfish needs for saving the people.
" The businessman, Oskar Schindler, demonstrated a powerful example of a man who was moved emotionally to step in and take action to save the lives of the Jewish people. His bravery still commands great respect today. His role shows the great significance of speaking up against injustice and choosing not to be silent.
“He’s the man who’s lived through hell without every hating. Who’s been exposed to the most depraved aspects of human nature but still manages to find love, to believe in God, to experience joy.” This was a quote said by Oprah Winfrey during her interview with Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor. No person who has not experienced the Holocaust and all its horrors could ever relate to Elie Wiesel. He endured massive amounts of torture, physically, mentally, and emotionally just because he was a Jew.
Dr. Farmer in his article address the subject of structural violence and suffering by utilizing personal narratives. Dr. Farmer travels Haiti, a place deemed by experts to be undergoing “extreme human suffering” (Farmer 262) and recants the narratives of two Haitians, Acephie Joseph and Chouchou Louis, who both suffer premature deaths due to the Haitian Army. Acephie contracts HIV from a Haitian Army Captain and Chouchou is beaten to death by soldiers. At the hands of the Army, Acephie deals with structural violence against women, while Chouchou deals with structural violence against political expression. Although, Acephie and Chouchou are victims of two different forms of structural violence, Dr. Farmer observes one commonality that unites
World War II was no doubt a very dark time, but there were people who vowed revenge on the Nazis for what they had done. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum up to 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Simon Wiesenthal was a devoted Nazi hunter after he was placed in several concentration camps during World War II and survived through all five of them (“Simon Wiesenthal”). When people think of all the lives the Nazis took, the thought of Nazis killed in revenge normally does not come to mind. Simon Wiesenthal was no doubt one of the strongest Jews to survive the Holocaust and contain the bravery to bring justice upon the Nazis.
Many Jews didn’t believe he would save them. Many Jewish people had lost hope or didn’t believe what was going on yet. Schindler was a hero in
Elie Wiesel survived the Holocaust and he does not want anyone to repeat it. Understanding what the Jews had to go through, makes us not want to repeat the Holocaust. In his speech, Elie Wiesel said that Jews had to starve during the Holocaust. He was also talking about Political Persecution toward Jews, which means Jews had to be sent to concentration camps and were prohibited to get jobs. Elie Wiesel also mentioned the severe racism toward Jews. We should honor the innocent people that died during the Holocaust because of what they had to go through.
Heros of the Holocaust What is a hero? A hero is defined as a brave or noble person, but this definition is not accurate after reading Arnold Geier's book Heroes of the Holocaust. This book deals with the true heroes of one of the most repulsive and disgusting times in world history. The compilation of stories in this book is not so much about the survivors who tell the stories, but about the heroes who risked their lives and well being to come to the aid of others so these stories could be told. There are heroes such as Mr. Warszawski who sold his competitor's merchandise so the family could stay alive or Mr. DeJong who searched for days for his missing daughter.
The way the Chinese have conceived of their past, and of themselves, was profoundly shaped by the Shiji. The Shiji, or Historical Records, was a monumental work composed of 130 chapters written during the Han dynasty by Sima Qian. It presented the past from several perspectives: a chronological narrative of political events; topical accounts of key institutions; and biographies of individuals that Qian saw as important. The political narrative began with the Yellow Lord and continued through the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, down to the Han dynasty and Emperor Wudi of Sima Qian's day. Chronological charts with genealogical data and information on government posts came next, such as the calendar, state ritual, the construction of waterworks, and government finance. Thirty chapters were devoted to the ruling houses of the states of the Zhou period, recounting the reigns of successive rulers. These were supplemented by seventy chapters on other important individuals, including not only great officials and generals, but also people not associated with the government, both the famous and infamous including: philosophers, poets, merchants, magicians, and even rebels. Even non-Han people along the frontiers were described in narrative accounts. The emergence of a unified empire out of the warring States of pre-Qin China, the consolidation of the former Han, and the relations between the empire and the surrounding people groups were major themes in the Shiji. Qian’s records also offer insights through his role as a historian and his attempt to resolve a life changing experience he distinguished in his own life. Equally important, Sima Qian, by writing so well on so much, had a profound impact on Chinese thinking about government, pers...
Okumura Masanobu was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1686 and died in 1764 at the age of 78 for unknown reasons. Masanobu is a japanese artist who is mostly known for woodblock printing, painting women with long dresses, and also for discovering the art style " Habahiro- Hashira-e", which are just wide vertical prints. Masanobu was a self taught learner; he taught himself painting and print designs by studying the works of Torii Kyonobu, who was a major influence to Masanobu in his art work, which he was then called his imitator. Masanobu's work grew through monochrome prints which were drawn by expressive lines and bold black outlines.
One of the most important types of Japanese performing art is the kabuki play. Developed in the early 17th century, kabuki has remained a popular form of theater in Japan (Johnson 1). A maid of the Izumo Shrine created kabuki in the 1600's (Johnson 1). The Traditional Theater of Japan written by Yoshinobu Inoura in 1981 stated that kabuki was named using Japanese characters in which "ka means song, bu means dance, and ki means skill" (218). At this time the plays consisted of females executing dancing performances (Johnson 1). These plays tried to show feelings and conflicts dealing with affection, envy and courage ("Noh and Kabuki" 1). Audiences enjoyed kabuki because the plays related to their lives (Kitazawa 4). The styles of kabuki changed though when women were first banned from kabuki.