In the Hiding
Madison Fanselow
Introduction
Punishment
Hiding Spot
Caught
Consequences
Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Muesumu. "Rescue." <i>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</i>. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 29 Jan. 2016. Web. 04 Feb. 2016. <http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005185>.
More Facts to Know
- After the war, children who hid sometimes never revealed their true identity as a hiding.
- Lots of families never got reunited after hiding, because of no one revealing they were a Jew.
- Thousands of people were able to survive the Third Reich due to people willing to hid Jews.
- Some of the hiding spots were underground.
- Rescuers came from multiple religious backgrounds.
- Factories would be taken over, to hide Jews. They would be disguised as factor workers.
- Most rescuers had some type of reason to help hide, like relation, morals, etc.
- Lots of children followed in their parents footsteps by helping to hide Jews.
- To be able to fit in, the Jews sometimes had to change their physical appearance, language and behavior to not get caught.
- Denmark was home of the most famous, largest rescue center in Europe.
Sources
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Rescue." <i>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</i>. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 29 Jan. 2016. Web. 04 Feb. 2016. <http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005185>.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Hidden Children." <i>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</i>. United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Web. 04 Feb. 2016. <http://www.ushmm.org/research/research-in-collections/search-the-collections/bibliography/hidden-children>.