Żegota

What is the first word that comes to your mind when you hear the word Holocaust? Some of the words you generally hear are genocide, devastating, sad, and evil, just to name a few. How often do you hear people describe or talk about the acts of compassion and good that came from the Holocaust? Not very often. It is a crazy concept to think that something good could come from the Holocaust where “five to six million Jews were systematically murdered by the Nazi regime, its allies, and its surrogates”

people in need. Irena’s worked brought her to join Zegota, a council to aid Jews (Biography.com Editors). Irena was chosen to find a way to take the Jewish children from Warsaw with a flase advertisment of medicine for the Jewish. A secret removal of 2,500 children was organized with the help of orphanages, convents, and families outside of the Ghetto. The hardest task of the secret removal was to convince the guardians to give up their children to Zegota. Many of the guardians did not know if they or

Nazi Germany. The three groups I’m going to discuss are Zegota, White Rose, and Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Each one of these came from three very different areas, but they each resisted Nazi ideology. Each group has their own reason for why they decided to take a stand, whether morally, politically, or religious reasons and while there are differences between the groups many of them have overlapping reasons for their desire to resist. Zegota, or the Council to Aid the Jews, was a Polish resistance

“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” Elie Wiesel expresses this inspiring quote about the horrible events that took place during the Holocaust. Many people tried so hard to save themselves along with others around them. Irena Sendler was one of the great helpers that saved 2,500 people during the Holocaust. She did this great deed while staying humble, showing that she really cared for others and did not just do everything for the recognition. Sendler truly had a great impact on the

variety of ways. Some people resisted the Nazi’s rule by helping Jews as well as attacking the Germans. During the Holocaust, there were many resistance groups that fought against the Nazi’s rule including the Bielski Group, White Rose Group, Polish Żegota Organization, and Jewish Defense Committee. A resistance group in Belorussia, called

The Holocaust, a tragic event in history, years after years the future generations study about this genocide of people, yet we, the future generation are only taught about the people who were killed and save. But what about the people who did the saving, who did the right thing and risked their lives to save countless others? Without these courageous resistance efforts many more lives could have been lost. “I was taught by my father that when someone is drowning you ask if they can swim, you just

tortured by the Gestapo (Irena Sendler). Her legs and feet were broken (Irena Sendler). However, Irena wouldn’t give up any of her partners or the children’s names, and she was sentenced to death (Smuggling…). Irena was saved at the last second by Zegota, who had bribed guards to stop the execution, (Irena Sendler) and she was released from jail (Smuggling…). After she was released she continued to help the Jews, even while she was hiding from the Gestapo

How did Hitler rise to power In WWI Hitler served in the German army as a regular soldier even though he was Australian. He was shocked when Germany had lost and surrendered and believed that Germany had been betrayed. Germany became a hard country to live in and men often couldn't pay for their food. Hitler kept serving the German military. He personally designed the Nazi banner trying to become leader of Germany. His speeches inspired many Germans. Hindenburg was in the lead but soon Hitler overpowered

The term, “hero” is a wide concept that many people like to use. The greatest stereotype of a hero is someone who is physically strong and can defeat almost anyone, but the idea of heroism isn’t limited to that. There are those who are not physically strong, but a hero can be outspoken and protects what is right even at the cost of their lives. This type of heroism was seen in World War II, where many Jews and others were taken into concentration camps to die, few rose up to the challenge in order

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