Holocaust Hero: A One of a Kind Man
What is a hero? A hero is classified as a number of things. A hero might be a person who in the opinion of others has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is considered as an exemplary model or ideal. Ervin Staub, a holocaust survivor from Hungary and as scholar on altruistic behavior, has written, "Goodness like evil often begins in small steps. Heroes evolve; they aren't born. Very often the rescuers make only a small commitment at the start, to hide someone for a day or two. But once they had taken that step, they begin to see themselves differently, as someone who helps. What starts as mere willingness becomes intense involvement." The businessman, Oskar Schindler, demonstrated a powerful …show more content…
Instead, it was a process that happened in carefully surreptitious arranged steps. It began with edicts, the first law required the Jewish people register their family names and wear a yellow star to be identified easily. The second law required that all Jewish people be removed and separated from the rest of the population into small overcrowded hackneyed ghettos. During that time, the German government has established concentration camps and forced the Jewish people to leave the ghettos and abandon all of their valuables and belongings. At the concentration camps, the Jewish people witnessed loads of torture, starvation, and murder. The Jewish people were stripped out of their rights, pride, and beliefs completely, and they were forced into slave labor until disease or exhaustion killed them. Elie Wiesel the writer of the memoir "Night" has written an eloquent quote.“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. …show more content…
Oscar Schindler was a business person who made his money out of the Jewish people because he considered them as a cheap source of labor. He joined the Nazi party in 1933 in the beginnings of the German invasion of Poland. Oskar Schindler was well-known for his love of women, alcohol, and money. He used to be prodigal when it comes to money but In late summer 1944 Oskar Schindler gave up his wealth and opulence lifestyle through negations and bribes from his war profit. in order to save his workers and other endangered Jewish people who were placed on "Schindler's List". Therefore, he convinced the German army and S.S officers to let him build a camp for his workers close to his factory. Oskar Schindler had quoted "I hated the brutality, the sadism, and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could, what I had to do, what my conscience told me I must do. That's all there is to
What is a hero? A hero is classified as a number of things. A hero might be a person who in the opinion of others has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is considered as an exemplary model or ideal. Ervin Staub, a holocaust survivor from Hungary and as scholar on altruistic behavior, has written, "Goodness like evil often begins in small steps. Heroes evolve; they aren't born. Very often the rescuers make only a small commitment at the start, to hide someone for a day or two. But once they had taken that step, they begin to see themselves differently, as someone who helps. What starts as mere willingness becomes intense involvement." The businessman, Oskar Schindler, demonstrated a powerful …show more content…
Instead, it was a process that happened in carefully surreptitious arranged steps. It began with edicts, the first law required the Jewish people register their family names and wear a yellow star to be identified easily. The second law required that all Jewish people be removed and separated from the rest of the population into small overcrowded hackneyed ghettos. During that time, the German government has established concentration camps and forced the Jewish people to leave the ghettos and abandon all of their valuables and belongings. At the concentration camps, the Jewish people witnessed loads of torture, starvation, and murder. The Jewish people were stripped out of their rights, pride, and beliefs completely, and they were forced into slave labor until disease or exhaustion killed them. Elie Wiesel the writer of the memoir "Night" has written an eloquent quote.“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. …show more content…
Oscar Schindler was a business person who made his money out of the Jewish people because he considered them as a cheap source of labor. He joined the Nazi party in 1933 in the beginnings of the German invasion of Poland. Oskar Schindler was well-known for his love of women, alcohol, and money. He used to be prodigal when it comes to money but In late summer 1944 Oskar Schindler gave up his wealth and opulence lifestyle through negations and bribes from his war profit. in order to save his workers and other endangered Jewish people who were placed on "Schindler's List". Therefore, he convinced the German army and S.S officers to let him build a camp for his workers close to his factory. Oskar Schindler had quoted "I hated the brutality, the sadism, and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could, what I had to do, what my conscience told me I must do. That's all there is to