Sofia Kritikou Research Paper

Sofia Kritikou, a woman that was brave enough to shelter a family of Jews. Even with the fact that she was poor, and little is known about her life, we do know that she saved a family. For deciding to help that family of Jews, she was recognized as Righteous among the Nations (Wikipedia) and is also known as a Woman of Valor (Vashem). With that in mind let’s go uncover what she did.
Let’s start with some basic information, Holocaust means “sacrifice by fire” if you trace it back to its Greek origin (Ushmm). Germans wanted the purest bloodlines of their rising empire. And with Hitler at its head that wasn’t gonna change anytime soon. But what is the worst thing being exactly how many camps there were, and the programs Hitler ran? There were more than 40,000 camps (Ushmm), and At least 200,000 mentally or physically disabled patients, mainly Germans, living in institutional settings, were …show more content…
As far as we know her husband had either died or was no longer married to her, so she was having to support herself and daughter (Wikipedia). How she meets this family is the partner of the father of the Jewish family, but even then some details are unknown, this family took care of her until her death at age 100 (Vashem). Even with all happening, she took it in stride and helped the people in need.
It’s slightly frustrating that a woman that more than likely had to give up so much to help this family, isn’t well know. How hard was it to go find this lady and ask her about this? How many heroes never got recognized? Why are we so oblivious to the people that have risked everything for others? This is like how in an American public school no one knows that in almost every battle the U.S. has fought in Canada has been fighting beside us? How much do we really know about this world and the cultures in it? But it’s still nice to at least know that this woman got recognized for what she