Holocaust Effects On Society

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“The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism, and stereotyping on a society it forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and content the power of ramifications of indifference and inaction,” once said by Tim Holden. As Tim Holden said the Holocaust was a dark event caused by the consequences of others. So many people did wrong but a great amount of people also stepped up and did right on the world. For example Jeanne Daman, a Catholic heroic teacher who helped children hide, rescued adults, and reunited children with their parents.
Jeanne Damon was a young teacher in Brussels. Children weren't allowed to go to school, so she felt useless. Fela Perelman, a leading role in an organization to help Jewish children came up to Jeanne. She needed a qualified teacher for those who were left without schools. “She asked Daman to join the staff of her school Nos Petitis, with some 325 children”(http://www.yadvashem.org). This was where she started and she only grew after that. She started to become very active in the rescue of Jewish children. “After the Jewish school was closed by the authorities Daman was asked by Perelman to continue a rescue effort”
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Even though the war ended people still had to cope, heal,and live so Jane stepped in. “After the war she assisted in returning young Jewish orphans to their families and helped with the special care of those children who had returned from the camps”(http://digitalassets.ushmm.org). With her neck where good mother she help them unite with their children. Jeanne helped revive many mothers who didn't want to live with their loss of their kids. Jeanne put hard work into these children she always kept in contact with them.”… Often visits survivors now adults and parents in Israel” (http://www.jta.org). Jeanne has a strong bond with these children. She change many children's lives but they impacted her life just as

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