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Heroes, Rescuers and Resistance

Explore the extraordinary acts of bravery by individuals who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Learn about Oskar Schindler, Varian Fry, Miep Gies, King Christian X of Denmark, Raoul Wallenberg, the Kindertransport program, and the Sobibor resistance. Discover how their selflessness and determination made a difference in the face of unimaginable horrors.

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Heroes, Rescuers and Resistance

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  1. Heroes, Rescuers and Resistance

  2. Oskar Schindler • Opened defense related industry using Jewish slave labor. • Did so to prevent the death of those 1,000 Jews.

  3. Used own money to keep failing industry open to shield “his” Jews from the death camps. • Would die a broke man but buried in Israel and honored with the title “Righteous among Nations”.

  4. Varian Fry • An American who headed an organization called Emergency Rescue Committee. • Was to get certain, selected Jews out of German controlled France. • U.S. immigration laws made it tough to get Jews into U.S.

  5. He expands program to include any Jew. • Helped rescue over 2,000 Jews before he was expelled from France. • Is the only American to be named “Righteous among Nations”.

  6. Miep Gies • Hid family of Anne Frank in home until she was betrayed. • Had hid Frank family for almost 2 years at risk to own life. • Found Anne Frank’s diary in the attic after Anne and her family had been killed.

  7. King Christian X of Denmark • After German occupation (1940 onward), he refused to enact Nazi anti-Jewish laws including the yellow star. • He and other Danes started to wear one. • Germany eventually became impatient and decided to round up Jews themselves.

  8. King responded by sending all the Danish Jews to neutral Sweden. • Out of 8,000 Danish Jews, only 464 were captured and placed in Theresienstadt (a work camp). • He demanded that even those be taken care of and not executed. • Only 51 will die of natural causes.

  9. Raoul Wallenberg • Swedish Diplomat who arrived in Budapest, Hungary in June of 1944. • Job was to protect Jews with Swedish ties. • Invents own documents and stamps and begins to save any Jews he could.

  10. Opened soup kitchens and hospitals employing Jews and set up Swedish havens in apartment buildings. • Saved over 100,000 Jews. • Was arrested by Soviets for being a spy and never heard from again.

  11. Kindertransport • British program which allowed the immigration of 10,000 Jewish children. • Placed them in foster homes or adoptive homes during the war.

  12. Resistance: Sobibor • Sobibor built in March 1942 as part of “Aktion Reinhard”. • Built for one purpose: to kill as many Jews as possible. • Was not a work camp, all but a handful of the victims were gassed immediately upon arrival at Sobibor.

  13. Began operation in May 1942 and closed in October 1943. • Approximately 260,000 Jews killed in that time. • Camp closed after the Jewish prisoners revolted, October 14, 1943. • Only about 60 prisoners managed to survive.

  14. Camp evacuated after the revolt. • The former camp was plowed up, trees planted and peaceful looking farms constructed.

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