Choices During The Holocaust

Throughout the course of history individuals that make certain decisions have come to mold history. The sequence of choices that certain people make, can be a factor that brings events to fruition or put a movement to a stop. Although almost all of the people during the Holocaust had a part to play, there were people that significantly shaped history through the choices they made. Magda and Andre Trocme, Nicholas Winton, Stefa Dworek, and Elie Weisel.
Magda and Andre Trocme were a French couple of Le Chambon. Le Chambon was a small town on a tiny mountain in southeast France which had heard about the mass murder of Jews. “Those of us who received the first Jews did what we thought had to be done- nothing more complicated.” This displays how there was simply only one reaction- to help. There was no hesitation or buffer, this town as a whole accepted the Jews instead of letting them die to the hands of the Nazis. The decision to save Jews shaped history by showing others that they did not have to sit and watch with their hands tied behind their back but could stand up for the Jews and shelter them from the hateful intentions of the anti- semitists. …show more content…
There were many other methods including the daring choice to smuggle Jews out of Nazi reach. One of the people that made this bold choice was Nicholas Winton, who transported children out of- soon to be invaded- Czechoslovakia. He transported children out of Czechoslovakia through the kindertransport to Europe in order to shelter them from the incoming Nazis. “For me he is like a father” (Joseph Ginat). This quote from one of the children that was transported to England shows the gratefulness that they felt toward Winton for helping them escape. Due to the help they received the Nazis would not be able to eradicate the next generation of