Jewish Rescue In Global Holocaust: A Comparative Analysis

In studying the rescuers and aid to Jews during the Holocaust, there are few, if any, factors that prove to universally explain why people decided to help. These people defied most demographics; class, country, religion, and even included anti-Semites, though economic and practical determinations were involved so much as one’s ability to help is determined by economic/practical restraints. Even so, most, if not all, of these people did have the propensity for helping and service to other prior to helping Jews of the Holocaust. Nechama Tec and later Perry Lendon found this to be true, showing that in these people was an instinct to help, regardless of their feelings towards Jews. This characteristic coincided with independent, self-reliant people who felt less attached to social demands and saw helping as a fact rather than heroic act.

The United States’ response to the Holocaust is a much-discussed and very sensitive subject for a variety of groups close to or related to the situation. The opinions on the subject are diverse and far-reaching, and the analyzations and comparison of some of these can lead to a greater understanding of not only the happenings of the Holocaust itself but also the social reactions to the event by the many groups involved. Four sources I intend to compare include Martin Gilbert’s Auschwitz and the Allies, David Wyman’s The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945, W.D. Rubinstein’s The Myth of Rescue: Why the Democracies Could Not Have Saved the Jews from the Nazis, and Peter Novick’s The Holocaust in American Life, because I believe that these four sources make up a diverse and widespread selection from which nearly all opinions, or the most conflicting ones, can be observed and interpreted. The first work uses an investigatory style that proposes pieces of evidence from the period shortly before the Holocaust that could have allowed the allies further and more prudent action. Similarly, the second work argues that there is substantial evidence that the United States and the rest of the allies could certainly have saved thousands of lives with earlier and more aggressive action, but argues from a more opinion and theoretical style that focuses less on

During the reign of the Third Reich, the symbolization of the pink triangle was used to identify the thousands of gay prisoners who were sent to extermination camps under Paragraph 175, the law that criminalized homosexuality between men. Researchers say that an estimated 5,000 to 15,000 gay men died in these camps, however this figure does not include those who were interned and later released, let alone those who died undocumented and forever forgotten to history.¹ These thousands of men were forced through excruciating cruelties with little to no reprieve or recognition of the atrocities perpetrated against them. It is because of this that while they are not a distinct racial, ethnic, or religious group, the treatment of those who bore the pink triangle during the Holocaust follows the genocidal process and as such gay Holocaust victims should be considered sufferers of genocide.

I chose this topic because it is the most interesting topic I have ever learned in school. Some people do not know the whole story of the Holocaust, they only know of bits and pieces. Most people know that Hitler rose to command and had a strong dislike of specific groups of people, which consequently began the Holocaust. The Holocaust changed the whole world’s perspective. Our fellow human were tortured, starved, and burned alive for being different from society. I wrote this essay to show that there is always another side to a story. Now I give you “The Holocaust Revealed”.

It’s about the jews and how and what happened to them after the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the time where about six million jews and one million other people dying. Most people were killed because they belonged to different races and religions. The Nazis wanted to kill people that weren’t from their same religious group. The Nazis also killed people who disrespected Hitler. Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party.

the non-Jewish and Jewish survivors were left with the impossible task of assimilating back into society. The odds were against them. Some of these odds set against them were restricted freedom and continuing of new forms of brutality. This was very difficult because antisemitism was still alive in the minds of the most radical people in not only Europe, but the whole world. Jews were afraid to go back to their homes and regain their property

My goal with my research is to look into the resistance of both the Jewish people and the others in European society who assisted in Jewish escapes. The perceived image of the Jews during the Holocaust is of “lambs to the slaughter.” The pictured painted of the rest of European society is one of either knowing accomplices or silent spectators. The Jewish people had many forms of resistance, some small and some large. While many of their neighbors were silent spectators, but many people were actively resisting the tyrannical Nazi government by assisting Jewish escapes. Each of these individuals risked their lives and the lives of their families and friends to aid these hunted individuals. They all deserve to have their stories heard and honored. In a time of complete chaos and destruction many people would not have the ability or fortitude to save the life of another person. The people that I will discuss in this paper were not only able to take that step, but put themselves and their families in real and eminent danger for the life, at times, of a complete stranger.

While saving Jews under Hitler’s regime was an important cause/objective for some, finding and providing safety in order to rescue the lives of Jewish children became an earnest and critical humanitarian mission for others. When we consider the child rescue efforts during the Holocaust, we most often think of the Kindertransports. The Kindertransports are the best known but, there are other efforts that should be recognized. Initiatives from the Youth Aliya and German Jewish Children’s Aid (GJCA) are not as well known, but deserve key remembrance.  At the time of the Holocaust, many world governments were hesitant to allow refugees into their countries. After Kristallnacht, this all changed. These endeavors helped save the lives of many Jewish

Budapest in January of 1945. Lantos went around trying to locate his family that he had

Those who survived are here to tell the tragic and devastating history of their lives. The survivors have shared brutal but yet realistic stories from each of their experiences before, during, and after the Holocaust. History shall never repeat itself in the manner of racism, murder, and fear of our leaders. The burning hope of those who were involved still generates an enormous sadness upon the many who have heard the horror of the Holocaust.

1st, the Jews and the Syrian refugees were trying to escape danger. The Jewish people wanted to escape from the Holocaust. The Syrian refugees had to abandon their homes because of the war. The Syrian people and Jews weren't threats to the U.S.

The holocaust was a time people were surrounded by humiliation, exploitation, hardships, loss and death. It was barely possible for people to stay human during this time. The Holocaust was a severe tragedy that happened in the early 1940s and will forever be remembered. There were many people,The Bielski brothers in particular, who remarkably fought against the beliefs and doings of Hitler and the Nazi party.

The Holocaust was a hard and perilous time for many. Many people risked their lives to help others. If rescuers were discovered, they would face the same fate as the people they were hiding or rescuing. Rescue efforts during The Holocaust, teaches lessons of hope, love for others, and serving people during difficult times.

Thousands of Jews were saved because of the people that helped hide them from the Nazis and also helped fight back against the Nazis. Most Jews survived the holocaust by hiding in places such as houses, attics, cellars, closets, and anywhere else they could find to hide. Jews that fought against the Nazis were called Jewish resistance fighters. These Jews managed to help save thousands of other Jews from death from the Germans. Jews fought back in many different ways, including Spiritual ,and physical resistance. Jews fought back spiritually by refusing to lose hope and faith in the concentration camps even when their situation was very bleak. The holocaust would have been much worse for the Jews if weren't for

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