The Holocaust was a time of overwhelming terror and enduring grief. The ultimate expression of man’s inhumanity with hardly a trace of human kindness to lighten that darkness. However there were some deeds of courage and compassion during the Holocaust that one can consider when contemplating humanity's past and hope for the future.
The following are only some of the extraordinary men and women, who, at very great personal risk have acted to save lives. Most of their deeds were unnoticed and not acknowledged during their lifetimes but many have been honored by Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial with the title “Righteous among the Nations” or “Righteous Gentiles” recognizing those non-Jews who helped save Jews from the Holocaust.
Watch this 6 minutes video, "Heroes of the Holocaust."
Watch as Sir Nicholas Winton, after saving 669 children mostly Jewish from Nazi death camp, on the eve of world war 2 is given the surprise of his lifetime on television.
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Briefly read thru the biographies of these ten people who risked their own lives saving Jews during the Holocaust and tell us who is your favorite and why.
I think Frank Foley was the most interesting and amazing because of how impactual he was with the Jews. He was a secret service agent, yet he used his power to save others! He saved 1000's of Jews and even risked his life to save them.
ReplyDeleteEveryone who helped the jews are my favorite but I think that Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz is cool because he was a German Nazi and he still helped the jews.
ReplyDeleteThe people that helped save the Jews knew that they could die or get sent off to a concentration camp but they did it for the glory of God which to me is my favorite part about all the stories.
ReplyDeleteYeah all of these stories describe to us amazing people who didn't give a second thought to the consequences, they only did what they knew was right.
DeleteProbably Pope Pius the 12.
ReplyDeleteI like all of them but my favorite was, Irena sendler. because she helped 2,500 jews.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Hugh O'Flaherty. He saved 4,00 Allied soldiers and Jews. What was really helpful to him was his high position and protection from the Vatican, which kept him safe. He also survived an assassination attempt, which is cool.
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DeleteMy favorite was Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz. He risked his job and life (like many of the other heroes) but what made him stand out to me was he was actually part of the Nazis. It is so awesome to hear that there was a little bit of good secretly hidden in the evil.
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz mainly because what he did seemed so simple (Im sure it was not) yet it saved so many people and its cool that he was actually a Nazi.
ReplyDeleteI liked Irena Sendler because she was so brave! I mean, they all were, obviously, but I can relate to her more. Like Jonathan said, its cool how some of them do it for the glory of God.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Giorgio Perlasca because even after his partner was removed from his station of creating false passports, he pretended to be his substitute. Other than this, he personally sheltered thousands of Hungarian Jews while they were waiting for their passports.
ReplyDeleteAll of them that helped save the Jews are admirable. My favorite one is Chiune Sugihara, who was a Japanese diplomat who made fake hand-made visas for Jews even after he had to leave his post.
ReplyDeleteAll of them were good, but I liked the story of Hugh O'Flaherty the best. I liked how he used his "protection" for others and not just for himself.
ReplyDeleteI loved reading all these bios, but my favorite was Irea Sendler because she really cared about helping these people and she found clever ways to do it such as getting into the ghettos to help the children, taking them out in boxes, and when she got them out she kept them in a children's home even though it put her life at risk.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite person from the list was Fang-Shan Ho because I would usually think of a holocaust hero I would think of someone in Europe and not in China.
ReplyDeleteI liked them all. They all helped so much. But I'd have to say I enjoyed reading about Irena Sendler the most, because my family and I watched a film about her. I admire that even after torture she still did her utmost to help. She really did a lot to help. I also thought it was cool that Frank Foley actually went into internment camps to get Jews out! That must have taken some guts!
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