The Results of Hiding Jews
Katie Brooks 2
examples of places to hide Jews
Introduction
What Were The Consequences For The People Who Were Doing The Hiding?
conculsion
Facts
- Thousands of survived the Holocaust, however, they survived because they were hidden by brave people.
- World War II ended in 1945, and by then more than 6 million Jewish people had been killed.
- Denmark was the only country that actively refused to deport its Jewish citizens.
- Oscar Shindler took control of a factory in German-occupied Poland and then began hiding Jewish people there.
- Raoul Wallenberg provided tens of thousands of Jews with certification that they were under "protection" of neutral powers.
Further Information
If you click the link above it will take you to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Website where you can learn about the Holocaust starting with how Hitler came to power to the very end of it.
If you click on this link it will take you to another Holocaust Memorial Museum explaining more about how the Holocaust started and what was going on during it.
works cited
Works Cited
Altman, Linda Jacobs. "An Uncertain Freedom." Resisters and Rescuers: Standing up against the Holocaust. Berkeley Heights. NJ: Enslow, 2003. 55-60. Print.
Entrance to the hiding place. Digital image. Anton Sukhinski. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2016. <http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/stories/sukhinski.asp>.
Hiding jews under baseboards. Digital image. Algemeiner. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2016. <http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/08/22/exclusive-holocaust-hiding-place-for-jewish-sisters-revealed-for-first-time-intact-in-home-of-polish-christian-family-photos/>.
"Holocaust Survivor Remembers Years of Hiding." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQ2GCtBxWQ>.
"The Righteous Among The Nations." About the Righteous. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2016. <http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/about.asp>.
Sarah. The Secret Annex of the Anne Frank House. Digital image. House Crazy. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2016. <http://www.house-crazy.com/the-secret-annex-of-the-anne-frank-house/>.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Death Penalty for Aiding Jews." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1942-1945/german-poster-announces-death-penalty-for-aiding-jews>.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Hidden Children of the Holocaust." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Feb. 2016. <http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10006123>.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Rescue in Denmark." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2016. <http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007740>.