Rescuers of the Holocaust Courage, sacrifice, discipline, memorization, and detail are only some of the words to describe people that risked their lives for Jews. Many of them were Christians who came from every religious background: Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Muslim. (USHMM Rescue) Sometimes one individual would take on the risk of providing for the Jews they wanted to hide. Rescuers played a key role in the Holocaust, but they did face many challenges, risk being caught, and some even lived to see the result after the war. The decisions that the Holocaust rescuers made could very well have led to cruel punishment, like concentration camps or even death. Rescuers faced many challenges, they had to acquire and forge fake papers
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(USHMM) Zegota (code name for Rada Pomocy Zydom, the Council of Aid to Jews) was a rescue group that was created in occupied Poland. It took care of thousands of Jews that were trying to survive and stay safe in hiding, the group helped with the conservation and medical care of the hiding Jews, even though there were death penalties on Poles who were to help aid Jews. Zegota successfully put thousands of Jewish children in safe houses, orphanages, and convents. One main activist was Irena Sendler, who was a young social worker who was at great personal danger, devised means to enter the ghetto to help the sick and dying Jews. Irena helped make 3,000 fake papers to help the Jewish families before she even joined the Zegota group. She was also a German resistor. Life in a jar Getting caught was another big thing that involved being a rescuer. Rescuers, if caught, would be sent to prisons, concentration camps, or even executed right …show more content…
Britain had offered any child over fifteen, who had lost their parents, free citizenship. Many of the lost children moved to Israel, Canada, the United States, or Australia from Britain. In a book that I had read it said, “For many years, the kinder didn’t speak much about their childhood experiences but the reunions have helped to change that.” The reunions helped the young ones with traumatic childhoods help reconnect with the world again. The Holocaust had also taken the lives of many of the people with high education in Russia. In another book that I read about children in hiding, it stated “In many cases, the people who risked their lives to save children cared deeply for them, even though they were often strangers at first. Though many of the children also grew up caring for their rescuers, it was a difficult and confusing time for them. Many felt abandoned by their parents, confused by their own identities, and afraid of being discovered.” (Fitzgerald 54 33)This in my opinion shows that the children were grateful for their rescuers and that they may have realized that they depended more on the rescuers later on than they did to begin
(USHMM) Zegota (code name for Rada Pomocy Zydom, the Council of Aid to Jews) was a rescue group that was created in occupied Poland. It took care of thousands of Jews that were trying to survive and stay safe in hiding, the group helped with the conservation and medical care of the hiding Jews, even though there were death penalties on Poles who were to help aid Jews. Zegota successfully put thousands of Jewish children in safe houses, orphanages, and convents. One main activist was Irena Sendler, who was a young social worker who was at great personal danger, devised means to enter the ghetto to help the sick and dying Jews. Irena helped make 3,000 fake papers to help the Jewish families before she even joined the Zegota group. She was also a German resistor. Life in a jar Getting caught was another big thing that involved being a rescuer. Rescuers, if caught, would be sent to prisons, concentration camps, or even executed right …show more content…
Britain had offered any child over fifteen, who had lost their parents, free citizenship. Many of the lost children moved to Israel, Canada, the United States, or Australia from Britain. In a book that I had read it said, “For many years, the kinder didn’t speak much about their childhood experiences but the reunions have helped to change that.” The reunions helped the young ones with traumatic childhoods help reconnect with the world again. The Holocaust had also taken the lives of many of the people with high education in Russia. In another book that I read about children in hiding, it stated “In many cases, the people who risked their lives to save children cared deeply for them, even though they were often strangers at first. Though many of the children also grew up caring for their rescuers, it was a difficult and confusing time for them. Many felt abandoned by their parents, confused by their own identities, and afraid of being discovered.” (Fitzgerald 54 33)This in my opinion shows that the children were grateful for their rescuers and that they may have realized that they depended more on the rescuers later on than they did to begin