Heroes of the Underground Railroad and Holocaust

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Heroes of the Underground Railroad and Holocaust

• Ravi Ryan
• 8th Grade
• 4/26/00

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What is a Hero?

• Many people have different views of who a hero
  is.
• A hero is someone who makes a positive difference
  in someones life
• A hero also helps someone no matter how big or
  little.

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About the Holocaust

• Nazis felt that the Jews caused their financial
  problems.
• Many people suffered for the Nazis selfishness.
• Rebellions and Resistances were formed long after
  the mass killings started.

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More about the Holocaust

• After Hitler came to power, the Jews lives
  became worse.
• Jewish shops were hit the hardest.
• Jews couldnt do things that other people could.
• First discrimination, second slavery, third death.

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Anne Frank

• Anne Frank was one of the many children that
  suffered in the Holocaust.
• Her family lived in a secret annex for more than
  3 years.
• She had died of the Typhus disease in the
  Auschwitz death camp

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Chanukah

• Chanukah is a Jewish holiday similar to
  Christmas.
• Its story is of a few Jewish run-away lit a
  Menorah (seven candle holder) but only had enough
  oil for 1 day, but stayed lit for seven days.

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Survivor of the Holocaust Stories

• Henry G. was born on June 14th 1921.
• He was beaten by non-Jewish peers.
• He served for the Soviet Army to fight the
  Germans and was never sent to a concentration
  camp.

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Rescuer of the Holocaust Stories

• Alice and Paul Paulus hid 3 Jews at 2 times.
• The 1st time they took a small child.
• The 2nd they hid a young couple.
• They remind me of Miep and her husband

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Child of the Holocaust

• Lilly Klein was born on 9/29/27.
• When she was 17, she and her family were rounded
  up into a ghetto.
• Lilly was forced to do labor with virtually no
  food at all.
• Many wouldnt have survived that way.

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The Nazis Talk of Jewish Evil

• Nazis had plenty of public speeches to speak out
  their piece of mind.
• The Nazi official discriminated Jews greatly with
  their speeches

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Auschwitz Death Camp

• Jews were transported here for awaiting of death.
• Over One and a Half million people were killed.
• How strange that there was a gate that says
  Enter but not one that says Exit

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Mauthausen

• This is a peephole leading to on of the gas
  chambers in Mauthausen.
• Curious Nazis actually watched Jews die for
  entertainment.
• This was a place where they laughed and joked
  about death.

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Death Tolls of Camps
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Poetry and Arts

• MalkaBI have livedDear G-dIn a world gone
  madAnd I have seenEvilUnleashed beyond reason
  orUnderstanding

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Another Time in History

• The Holocaust was not the only time that Heroic
  actions were needed. Heroes have existed through
  world history. During the time of slavery which
  began much earlier abolitionist heroes rose up to
  help the slaves escape to Canada through
  different routes called The Underground
  Railroad.

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The Underground Railroad

• The Underground Railroad was a miracle for tens
  of thousands of slaves.
• Harriet Tubman is one of the many heroes that
  helped slaves reach freedom.
• Unsung heroes were the helpers that arent known

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The Underground Railroad

• Harriet Tubman was a major conductor of the
  Underground Railroad.
• The Underground Railroad was a system of people
  who offered shelter and food to those slaves who
  wished to escape North.

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Slave of the Underground Railroad Stories

• Clayton Holbert worked the field when the Civil
  war was just starting up.
• He was taught how to plant corn and other forms
  of labor at the age of ten.
• He was treated as a guest of his Masters
  plantation. He had wine, brandy, and hickory
  smoked meat.
• He and the other slaves had to make the wine and
  brandy and smoke the meat, he still had the
  opportunity to eat it.

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Conductor Underground Railroad Stories

• Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in the
  year 1818.
• In his amazing life he escaped slavery, became
  known for his fight for liberty, and served the
  government on several occasions.
• He also helped runaway slaves reach freedom by
  volunteering to harbor runaway slaves in the
  Underground Railroad

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Are Heroes the cause of our world as it is?

• Many say heroes have changed the course of
  history. If it wasnt true conflict between Jews
  and Nazis, Koreans, Iranians, and the US and
  Britain.
• Heroes can be anything and anyone, but that
  anything must be phenomenal.
• Although heroes can be a nightmare to some and a
  savior to others, they still change the world
  around us.

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Are Heroes needed in the world today?

• Many believe heroes are needed for the cause of
  hate crimes.
• Hate crimes are the effect of people believing
  that they are the superior being.
• Heroes save lives and help people in times of
  crisis.
• If heroes did not exist many would suffer from
  inferiority and grief.

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Are Heroes needed in the world today?(continued)

• We still need heroes to day, because our world is
  far from perfect.
• Theres still discrimination against religion and
  race.
• Will there ever be a world without bad or morally
  stupid people? I doubt it.

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Tying It Up

• The Holocaust and the Slavery Incidents just
  shows you how evil some humans can be.
• We have seen our mistakes from the past, but will
  it prevent this in the future?
• Its a problem now that we and other countries
  are experiencing the horror of hate crimes.

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Credits

• Thanks to Lycos.com, yahoo.com, excite.com,
  encyclopedia.com, dictionary.com, and the
  countless others.
• Also Thanks to Mrs. Friesler.