The decades of 20 and 30 were marked by suffering and struggle for rights around the world, for example in South America and Europa. In Brazil a dictator government was being implemented by Getúlio Vargas, while in Germany not only a new and severe government, however new ideals and beliefs were dominating through the Nazism ruled by Adolf Hitler, who manipulated so much the German people’s mind that they started supporting him in the atrocities he was commenting. In this period many battles were fought between governments and people seeking for their rights, for better living conditions and even for their lives. In the Nazi Germany thousands of people suddenly became a target, amongst them were jewish, homosexuals, communists and even people
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Even being a German-Jewish fighting for the communism side (Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia - 2000) in an era of Nazism and dictatorships; despite the risk of being arrested (which she was more than once), tortured or killed, she was never afraid of showing her face and risking her life to protect anyone who needed her, and this kind of courage not everyone is capable of; this is not only corporeal, but also psychological courage, and according to Polster (2011) in her article “Eve’s Daughters” this is one of the five principal hero’s characteristics. Her father’s opinion and influence about social injustice (Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia - 2000) was not the only thing that motivated, moved and made her survive all the suffer she went through, Perez-Lopez (1990) cites her as having “discipline, obedience, and dedication;” those characteristics along with passion and beliefs are the motivation that a person needs to keep fighting for a cause, even when your life is in dangerous; and she possessed all of …show more content…
Her demonstration of courageousness, loyalty and strength to keep fighting was enough to distinguish her from a ordinary woman. Her acts of heroism motivated people to engage her ideals and resist to the unfairness that was being shown in the world at that time. She might not have had enough support to end for good the barbarity that committed the world, but she made a significant difference, she touched the world in a way that cannot be forgotten. Her history guided people to fight for their necessities, and it still
Even being a German-Jewish fighting for the communism side (Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia - 2000) in an era of Nazism and dictatorships; despite the risk of being arrested (which she was more than once), tortured or killed, she was never afraid of showing her face and risking her life to protect anyone who needed her, and this kind of courage not everyone is capable of; this is not only corporeal, but also psychological courage, and according to Polster (2011) in her article “Eve’s Daughters” this is one of the five principal hero’s characteristics. Her father’s opinion and influence about social injustice (Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia - 2000) was not the only thing that motivated, moved and made her survive all the suffer she went through, Perez-Lopez (1990) cites her as having “discipline, obedience, and dedication;” those characteristics along with passion and beliefs are the motivation that a person needs to keep fighting for a cause, even when your life is in dangerous; and she possessed all of …show more content…
Her demonstration of courageousness, loyalty and strength to keep fighting was enough to distinguish her from a ordinary woman. Her acts of heroism motivated people to engage her ideals and resist to the unfairness that was being shown in the world at that time. She might not have had enough support to end for good the barbarity that committed the world, but she made a significant difference, she touched the world in a way that cannot be forgotten. Her history guided people to fight for their necessities, and it still