The holocaust was a terrifying dramatic genocide that started on January 3, 1933 and ended on May 8, 1945.The holocaust was a mad genocide that caused approximately over 6 million deaths. And the person in charge of all the killing was Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Many people don’t know in details what occurred in the holocaust like the axis powers German, Italy, Japan and how they signed the Tripartite Pact on September 27, 1940. Also, how Nazis surrender on May 8, 1945, which is known as V-Day. For the courage to care award I chose Irene Gut Opdyke out of the 4 contestants because she was willing to put herself more out there to help other people, she risked her body by getting raped by trying to save other, she escaped execution multiple times to keep saving others, and last but not least she got caught helping
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Gilberto was Mexico’s consul general to Marseilles, France in 1939, he would charter ships saving over 40,000 thousand Jews.
Col Jose Arturo Castellanos Contreras was a Salvadoran diplomat Geneva who save 30,000 to 50,000 thousand Jews issuing documents issuing them as if they were citizens of El Salvador.He charged little bits of money promising them protection and a place to sleep.
But I believe that Irene should win the award because she lived in labor, concertation camps and went through the holocaust not just watched it happened.( In some of the articles I read on her it would state that she was sent to different labor and concertation camps and would try and save or hide people in each camp .)This explains my claim because the other 3 participations weren’t sent to labor or concertation camps.
Irene should win the award because she didn’t just risk her life she risked her body.( Irene also was beaten and raped by the Soviet Union and Russian soldiers because she was helping Jews).Her being raped and beaten shows for its self she would keep facing consequences and would keep
Gilberto was Mexico’s consul general to Marseilles, France in 1939, he would charter ships saving over 40,000 thousand Jews.
Col Jose Arturo Castellanos Contreras was a Salvadoran diplomat Geneva who save 30,000 to 50,000 thousand Jews issuing documents issuing them as if they were citizens of El Salvador.He charged little bits of money promising them protection and a place to sleep.
But I believe that Irene should win the award because she lived in labor, concertation camps and went through the holocaust not just watched it happened.( In some of the articles I read on her it would state that she was sent to different labor and concertation camps and would try and save or hide people in each camp .)This explains my claim because the other 3 participations weren’t sent to labor or concertation camps.
Irene should win the award because she didn’t just risk her life she risked her body.( Irene also was beaten and raped by the Soviet Union and Russian soldiers because she was helping Jews).Her being raped and beaten shows for its self she would keep facing consequences and would keep