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As things could get any worse, Irena was captured and put to work in an ammunition factory. She was acknowledged that she understood German and spoke it well. She taken to work in the kitchen and serve food with Herr Schulz. She quickly noticed that Schulz was not like any German, he demonstrated kindness and generosity. While she was working, she observed soldiers shooting many Jews in the Jewish ghetto just outside of the dining hall. She now knew how the soldiers handled their “Jewish problem.” Within that day, she knew she wanted to help Jews in any way possible. It was told that if one was caught helping a Jew, death would be their punishment. She began to place food in a metal box and placing it under the fence. She soon

On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland’s territory of Warsaw. Edith Goldman and her family was one of the family members that were not able to escape from the ghetto. They were forced by the Germans to serve for them. The Nazi Leader, Hitler claimed it was for a better cause in defense, however Edith’s freedom downsized after she was captured by the Germans.

Irena sendler saved 2, 500 babies from the nazis during world war two .Also for the early years irena sendler was not irena sendler she was Irena krzyzanowska. When she was little girl she lost her father very young from typus.Irena also loved playing with baby dolls ,and new in her heart all along that she was going to have a big impact on children's lives as she grew older.Irena sendler was born on february 15,1910 in warsaw poland her adult life was amazing because that is when she saved many children after being saved herself as a little girl and being put in a polish family anyway irena sendler did indeed save 2,500 jewish children from the nazis in september, 1943 on october 20 Sendler was arrested because she saved the children but

During World War 2,it"s pretty obvious that they weren't very easy times. Although there were serious consequences,there were still some people out there who risked their lives in order to help Jews. one of those people was Irene Opdyke. Irene Opdyke deserves an ADL Courage award for risking her own life as well as the lives of those who she hid. As we all know,the holocaust wasn't something that people could easily avoid. There were signs all around that said if you were caught helping Jews you would automatically get a death penalty without a doubt. Unlike many others who helped Jews, Irene took a big risk that many people nowadays wouldn't take.

The Courage to Care award deserves to go to Irene Gut Opdyke because of her heroic characteristics which were brave, self-sacrificing, and good-hearted. These qualities allowed her to contribute heroic actions. Irene did this during the most terrifying time for most people. The Holocaust was period time where 6 million European Jews, as well as gypsies and homosexuals were killed by the German Nazi regime. The Nazi’s became of power in the month of January 1933. The hate for the jews came from the idea that the jews were inferior where as the Germans were racially superior, also that jews were alien to the so called racial community of the Germans. Anyone who helped the jews, gypsies, or homosexuals escape from the Nazi’s, would risk their lives because it was seen as you betrayed your country.

Elie Wiesel, a great person, a great character, and most of all a great survivor. Elie Wiesel or Eliezer as he refers to himself in the book Night is just an amazing person. I just cannot imagine what he went through according to Night and his experiences. One of the most vivid scenes of his book night is when he and the rest of the cap was sent on a long walk to another camp. As it says in the book they were forced to march in the thigh deep snow for days without food or water. I just have so much respect for that guy. For him not to give up everything and say i’m done it is just remarkable. After the holocaust was over Wiesel moved to New York in 1955 and became a U.S. citizen in 1963. He met Marion Rose, also a Holocaust survivor, in New

Hanci Hollander was 14 years old when she got to her concentration camp with her mother and sister. It was a very long hard

Over the years and past life there has been so much genocide in this planet earth, the ones who suffered were the gay,german,jews,and the special needs. About 6 million jews and 5 million non jews were sadly dead and murdered.What's genocide some may ask genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation, people have learned to trust and treat everybody equally and with respect and let nothing tell each other apart. And in the huge event called the holocaust where such genocide happened with hitler there were some specific people who helped save jews even knowing the circumstances that come with it.

21 years ago, she began devoting her time speaking to the public about her experiences. She has talked all over the world, allowing everyone to hear her story. Along with traveling all over the world to tell her story, she has her own film “My name is Noemi” and her own book “Sharing is Healing: A Holocaust Survivor’s Story.” The film and the book both provide insight into a different perspective of her story. They both add to her credibility, and allow a more in depth look of what it was like. For someone who has been through such a difficult task to talk about, her overall presentation was outstanding. She was even able to add some humor to such a dark topic, which helped alleviate the saddening

Her father, who always seemed to know what was on her mind, told her never to do that and never think about that again. One day her father came up to her and told her to put on her snow boots. She did as she was told, and it just so happens that a short period of time later she and other girls were forced on a “Death march,” as it was called. The march was called this because either they died on the way or they marched to their death. Gerda Klein survived this march because of her friends and her determination and hope. He was found by an american soldier, who was also Jewish. He had escaped to the U.S.A. because his family sent him there before they were captured.

Elie Wiesel, a famous author and a memorable survivor of the Holocaust will forever go down in history as an important activist. Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel is best known for surviving the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz, and writing the internationally acclaimed memoir Night. Wiesel’s personal experiences motivated him to account for the horrors that occurred during one of history’s darkest times and thus opening the door to becoming a famous spokesman for defending human rights.

Irena Sendler used her inspiration from her family to find courage and bravery to help others. Irena’s father, Dr. Stanisław Krzyżanowski, was where she found most of her inspiration. He was a physician in Poland and treated many Jewish patients. When there was an outbreak of typhus many other doctors stepped down and decided not to help because of how contagious it was, but Irena’s father was one of the very few who decided to stay and help. Later in life he ended up dying from the disease, but in the end he also treated many patients. He used to follow a proverb that he told his daughter which was “If you see someone drowning, you must jump into the water to save them, whether you can swim or not” (Encyclopedia of World Biography). Basically

Her story is an example of a person who struggled with adversity but searched for a reason to hope. She has used her remarkable survival as an inspiration for those who have no reason to believe they can overcome struggles. She has a foundation named Citizenship Counts which teaches students about their rights and the importance of their citizenship. She has written many books about her experiences and her belief that hope will help a person overcome darkness. She travels the world today telling people her story to increase their knowledge of the Holocaust. Her story of survival serves of as an inspiration to people who are suffering and are looking for a reason to have hope.¹

While the magnitude of being an upstander during the holocaust and the group of girls who stood up against the travelers are on different planets, for one the girls didn’t risk going to concentration camps for doing the right thing, they still have many similar characteristics. One example is in the movie The Pigeon, where a German woman helped a Jewish stranger flee a Nazi invaded area of France, by pretending to be his exasperated wife. She knew what would happen to the man when the Nazi authorities found out that he didn’t have his papers and was actually a Jew and she also knew what would happen if they discovered she was lying to protect him, but nevertheless she still helped him and was able to fool the Nazis into thinking she was his wife. The woman, like many other upstanders during the Holocaust, knew that the consequences for doing the right thing could make even death seem merciful, but without the people like them who have so much courage and are willing to risk everything to be the heroes, the upstanders the world would be much darker than it is today and the villains might be the winners at the end of the

She started trying to save the orphaned children in the ghetto, using her polish papers a social worker to enter the ghetto and sneak as many children as possible out. In her many smugglings of children she joined Zegota an organisation for people who did the same thing as her and together they saved more than 2,500 children. She wrote the children’s names on little sheets of tissue paper then put them inside little jars, which she then hid, until they were needed to reunite the children with their parents. She was eventually caught but no matter how much she was tortured she would not tell the Nazi anything they even fractured her feet. She was to be executed but Zegota bribed the german executioner so she could escape and continue saving children until the war ended. “Irena Sendler was announced as the 2003 winner of the Jan Karski award for Valor and Courage. The announcement was made on July 24, 2003 and the awards ceremony was on October 23, 2003 in Washington, D.C.” (Stewart, Megan, et al., editors) When she tried to save a child, she risked her life this made her a recognisable hero.