During the Holocaust, over six million Jews were killed, but there are only twenty thousand known rescuers. These rescuers are known as the “Righteous Among the Nations.” Irene Gut Opdyke saved the lives of sixteen Jews during the Holocaust. Her reasoning? She believed that all Jews shouldn’t be treated as anything less than a human being. She says ”My mother taught me to keep my heart, my hands, and my ears, open for anyone who is needy.” Irene’s morality was a huge part of her decision to rescue. When Irene was young, a Rabbi told her mother, “God has plans for your daughter,.. We must watch and see what little Irenka does.” (In my hands pg. 8) Growing up, Irene was raised Catholic. She was always trying to help. She and her siblings found a bird with a broken wing, and nursed it back to health. Also, when she was fourteen, she had a fortune telling incident. She melted a candle, and when it cooled, its silhouette was a ship sailing with a crucifix on the bow. This all foreshadows the fact that she will turn out to be a compassionate, and selfless person. When Irene was sixteen, she started nursing school. The summer after her first semester, she returned home to Kozlowa Gora to visit her family. “That was …show more content…
She registered for work, and was given an identification card, and working papers. She was assigned work at a German run restaurant. She hated it. She left that job, when she found a job at a Polish run shop near her Aunt Helen’s house. Eventually the Nazi’s came and forced Irene and some others to work in an ammunition factory. After two weeks, she became weak and tired. One morning cadre officers came to inspect the workers. Irene’s hands were shaking as she tried to bundle ammunition. She ended up fainting. When she came to, A major handed her a cup of coffee. He offered her a job that he thought would be better for her. It was at a hotel. She would be working for Herr
Annie Turnbo Malone was an entrepreneur and was also a chemist. She became a millionaire by making some hair products for some black women. She gave most of her money away to charity and to promote the African American. She was born on august 9, 1869, and was the tenth child out of eleven children that where born by Robert and Isabella turnbo. Annie’s parents died when she was young so her older sister took care of her until she was old enough to take care of herself.
They stayed here during the winter while Alicia still searched for food, in the process, making many friends. News came one day that the Germans were beginning to fall back from the Russian fronts and Germany’s grip on the Jews in Poland was weakening. This news made Alicia and her mother move away from the old man who helped them.
Irene Csillag was a survivor. She survived from Auschwitz camp, and went through a lot of obstacles just to get out of the camps and to start a new life. The survivors and victims of the Holocaust were put into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial to honor them. The identification cards were used in the Holocaust Memorial to identify each person in the Memorial. Irene Csillag was a survivor at Auschwitz camp born in 1925 in Satu Mare, Romania.
•Although she may not be one of the most famous Holocaust survivors, she was one of the most important. She led about 2,500 children to safety from the horrible Ghetto's conditions. She was never forced to do any of the things she did, yet she still risked her life and almost lost it doing something so important to her.
“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.
" 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.
Her clothing was inappropriate, especially to Roberta’s mother, who was symbolic of God. Roberta’s mother wore a six-inch long cross across her chest and carried a Bible in her hand, showing that she was a religious person.... ... middle of paper ... ...
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“Whosoever saves a single life, saves an entire universe,” is the quote that is engraved on every heroic medal handed out by an organization called the Yad Vashem. But this is not just any ordinary medal; it is called The Medal of the Righteous. The Medal of the Righteous is a medal handed out by Yad Vashem in Israel to the courageous people who put their lives on the line to save a Jewish person or at least help them, during the Holocaust. There have been a total of 25,271 medals awarded. But why were these rescuers jeopardize their own safety? All of these Righteous helped the Jewish for a number of reasons: they became aware of the dangerous situation for the Jews, they loved and/or respected the Jews, or they were called by their profession
"A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust-Victims." A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust-Victims. University of South Florida. Web. 19 May 2014.
Should you risk everything you have to help others? Everyone agrees that many Jews were killed during WWII, but some say that people should not have helped them, while others believed that they should have.
... and memorize Bible verses. On the inside though she is struggling with raising Tom out of love. She doesn't want to be to harsh on him, but at the same time she knows if she's not harsh he might end with a horrible future.
The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim, 2006. Print. The. Monroe, Kristen Renwick.
This is why the United States and other world powers should create organizations like the United Nations to prevent the conditions that breed desperation, by providing, in order to prevent another such holocaust from occurring ever again. Works Cited: David Adler: We Remember the Holocaust, 1989 Henry Holt & Company, Inc. 115 W 18th St. New York, NY 10011 Ole Kreiberg: Jewish Eyewitnesses, 3/11/1996 The Nizkor Project. Online. The. Internet.
Although many people across Germany were threatened into believing such hateful Nazi ideas at the time, there were still individuals who took a stand against the mistreatment. Not everyone had the courage to stand up for their beliefs, but those who did are still remembered today for their heroic actions. Whether it’s the Catholic Church that stood up for the disabled, or the Danes that helped to save over 8,000 Jews, it is clear that there are people who are willing to do what they can to stop such cruel behavior. Often times, Hitler’s cruel actions are the only moments that people seem to remember, but it is also uplifting to remember those that were brave enough to stand up against the mistreatment, even though fear was holding them back.