Dark History Gives Rise to Heroes

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Dark History Gives Rise to Heroes

• Zeke and Jake
• Grade 8

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Introduction What is a Hero?

• Some one who rises above the pressure.
• Gives hope to other people.
• Will stand up for his/her rights
• Will be a leader not a follower.

Oscar Shindler saved many lives during the
Holocaust.
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Background of the Holocaust.

• January 1933 Hitler comes to power.
• 1938 World War ll begins.
• Killing of Jews and many other groups occur.
• 1945 the war ends with a German defeat.

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Kristallnacht and The Final Solution

• Kristallnacht also known as the night of broken
  glass is when the Germans destroyed all Jewish
  stores and homes.
• The Final Solution was to kill all the Jews in
  Germany.

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Anne FrankA Holocaust Hero

• Went into hiding in Amsterdam for two years in a
  secret annex.
• Kept a diary of her days and nights in the annex.
  The diary was later published
• Anne died of typhus at Berger-Belsen in 1945.

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Chanukah

• Celebrates the miracle of lights
• Celebrated by Jewish people all over the world
• Anne Franks family celebrated it in the play,
  The Diary Of Anne Frank.

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Bio poem

• Oswald
• Boy, Young, Austrian, Jewish
• Sibling of nobody
• Lover of clothes and freedom
• Who fears the Nazis
• Who needs freedom, money, and food
• Who gives clothes, help, and happiness
• Who would like to see his family again
• Resident of Vienna Austria
• Kernberg

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Children of the Holocaust

• Oswald Kernberg was a young boy in Austria before
  the nazis came in.
• His father had a clothing business.
• They lost their business and were shipped to
  Auschwitz, a Concentration Camp.

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The Concentration Camps
Auschwitz

• One of the most famous camps.
• 1.1 million people were killed here.
• It still is standing today and is a tourist
  attraction.

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Concentration Camps Dachau

• The Nazis experimented on prisoners to see how
  long they could survive in certain conditions.
• These experiments were to benefit the Nazis.
• 30,000 died at Dachau

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A Graph of the Camps
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Rescuer of the Holocaust

• Oscar Schindler saved many Jews during the
  Holocaust.
• He employed many Jews and hid their identity.
• Schindler was arrested on many occasions for
  harboring Jews.

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Survivor of the Holocaust

• Moshe Martel survived the Mattheusen
  concentration camp
• Ran away from death march to gas chamber
• Adopted a false name
• Ended up getting out alive.

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Holocaust Art
Art and poetry, literature, and music were a form
of resistance for the victims. It was a way for
them to express their pain.
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Holocaust Poem

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Heroes Appear throughout History

• The heroes who held the temple against the
  Syrians in the time of the Macabees (the story of
  Hanukkah
• The heroes who helped save people during the
  Holocaust.
• The abolitionists who helped slaves escape on the
  Underground Railroad.

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The Underground Railroad

• A secret system were abolitionist helped slaves
  escape.
• It was from the south all the way to Canada.
• The code word for it was friend of a friend .
• Many slaves escaped this way. It was the safest
  way to run for it.

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Conductor of the Underground Railroad

• Harriet Tubman was born a slave in Dorchester
  County Maryland.
• She made twenty trips on the trail.
• Harriet freed about 300 slaves.
• There was a 40,000 dollar bounty on her head

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A Survivor of Slavery

• Ben Horry lived 10 miles South of Myrtle Beach.
• Lived to be free at end of civil war.
• Was only one of 100 slaves on his plantation
  alone.
• Died at age of 89.

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Comparison

• Both survived very tough times.
• Both escaped death.
• Where both severely hurt and punished for no
  reason other than race and religion.

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Comparison of Stories

• Both Oscar Schindler and Harriet Tubman helped
  the people that needed to be helped.
• They sacrificed their lives to make other
  peoples lives better
• Both heroes were peaceful in their efforts.
• These heroes are what people need in a time of
  war and hate.

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Do Heroes Change History

• John Glenn was the first U.S. man in space.
• He went back in space in his 70s.
• He changed history by keeping the space program
  going.

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Do we still need Heroes today?

• Yes we do. There are plenty of problems in the
  world to be solved.
• We need firemen to help people.
• Also police to help keep us safe.
• As well as the military to protect our nation.

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Do We Still Need Heroes Today

• We still need heroes as we speak in all ways of
  life.
• The military sacrifices their lives so that we
  may live tomorrow
• Our armed forces are the best on Earth and we
  have proved it war after war.

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Conclusion

• We still need heroes today. There are still
  things that need to be resolved today. All the
  hate crimes being done and all the hate groups
  like the Ku Klux Klan and the Neo-Nazis. We need
  Heroes to stand up to these groups. We need to
  stop them from doing their hate crimes. To me my
  heroes are the doctors, firefighters, police
  officers, and ordinary people who risk their
  lives in order to help people and the world. That
  is what a hero is.

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Credits

• Wiesenthal.com
• Nationalgeographic.com
• Annefrank.com
• historyplace.com
• remember.org
• holocaust-heroes.com
• http//www.igc.apc.org/ddickerson/survivors.html
• http//www.fatherryan.org/holocaust/resist.htm