British Hero of the Holocaust

I have a motto that if something isn’t blatantly impossible, then there must be a way of doing it. ~ Sir Nicholas Winton When the Holocaust broke out many lives were put at risk, however people like Nicholas Winton became heroes for their deeds. Nicholas Winton’s deed was that he saved 669 children from death. Emigration wasn't an option. The world's doors were closed to refugees. Conditions in the camps were brutal for the 150,000 people trapped there, especially for the children. And no one focused on them until Nicholas Winton. Instead of spending time pondering whether or not he should actually go, he headed to Prague and came up with a plan that would save the children before the war broke out. Winton found camps of refugees living in…

Early life: Frank Foley was born November 24 1884 in Highbridge, United Kingdom of Great Britain. He was the third son of Isabella and Andrew Foley. Andrew Wood Foley (Frank’s father) was an engineer. After attending local schools throughout his life Frank was ready to college. He won a educational scholarship to Stonyhurst College. He also went to Royal Military College and was the second lieutenant in Hertfordshire. Historical Background: The Holocaust was started in Germany where the…

paratroopers to conduct raids and rescue attempts, would distract from the overarching goal of victory as the Allies begun the final push into fortress Europe. Moreover, by the time the Allies were certain of the Holocaust in 1944, most of those who would perish in the genocide were already gone. However, there were non-military actions that could have been taken from the war’s onset,…

United States and the Holocaust The United States was greatly affected by the Holocaust. It was very difficult for refugees to obtain entry visas because of the U.S. State Department policies. The number of entry visas was eventually limited due to an Immigration Law passed by the Congress in 1924. Later in 1940, the U.S. further limited immigration by delaying visa approvals on national security grounds. For years, more than half of the immigrants sent to America were Jewish. After the U.S.…

Armed resistance Hannah Szenes was a remarkably brave woman who worked to defeat the Nazis in World War II. She was born in 1921 in Budapest and she herself had Jewish descent. She moved to Palestine in 1939 and studied at Nahalah Agricultural School and then Kibbutz Sedot Yam. She heard about the situation in Germany and surrounding countries and Hitler’s dictatorship. Yearning to make a difference in the war, and aid fellow Jews she left the safety of her home to join the British Army. 30,000…

“More evil gets done in the name of righteousness than any other way.” (Glen Cook). The book Dawn, by Elie Wiesel is about a nineteen year old Jewish man, Elisha, who becomes a terrorist in Palestine after surviving the Holocaust. The war is for the independence of Palestine from the British, and mostly to show that others will no longer terrorize Jews. He is to execute an English officer, John Dawson, at dawn, but he faces ghosts, guilt, and his past. Elisha chooses his path by reasoning with…

increasing in popularity. The proposed state was that of Palestine. Although this idea of a Jewish state was originally rejected by many Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews, after the Holocaust they all agreed that this was a necessary step to avoid further alienation and any chance of another Holocaust to occur. The most pivotal event in the Zionist movement was that of the Dreyfus Affair in which a Jewish captain of the French army was labeled a traitor and accused of selling documents to the…

being the savior of now thousands of lives across the world. Very little is known about Nicholas Winton’s life before his involvement in the Holocaust. He was actually born under the name Nicholas Wertheimer to his parents, Rudolf and Barbara, who were of a German-Jewish descent. (Howard) It was not until 1938, when World War II was starting to be imminent,…

genocide from occurring. The Holocaust occurred in Germany, during the second world war. Nazi jewish death/work camps spread vastly throughout parts of Europe but many of them were located within Poland. The holocaust was a mass genocide that was fueled from the hate that the Germans felt towards the Jews. Adolf Hitler was the leader of Germany and he led his country to dispose of anyone who was not of a pure aryan race. Hitler pushed to exterminate Jews. When they were captured, they were…

however do not exist outside of comic books. The everyday heroes that inspire those who are close to them but rarely make a dent in the world. Finally, there are the true heroes who improve society and inspire people all across the globe. Only one of these heroes actually deserve that title, which is the true hero. A superhero does not deserve the title because their image is so often warped by idolization, that their actual actions often bear no resemblance to the widely-known image. In…