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The Holocaust
This is a term used to describe the horrible deaths of approximately six million European Jews during World War II. Between the start of the war, with H itler's invasion of Poland in 1939, and the long anticipated end to the war in the Spring of 1945, many European Jews, Homosexuals, invalids, and others, suffered at the hands of the Nazis. These people suffered while incarcerated in numerous concentration camps. Many were tortured before they died, and others endured the brutality due to their strong will to survive.  While we may never understand this horrible atrocity, we do know that there were people who assisted the Jews in many different ways outside the camps. These people will certainly be known as heroes to those they helped. Here is a list of names of just a few of those heroes:


 * **Oscar Shindler ** 
 * ** Raoul Wallenberg **
 * **Jan Karski**
 * ** Irena Sendler **

Oscar Shindler is viewed as a hero to the many Jews who worked for him during World War II. Please click [|here] to go to a web page and read more about Oscar Schindler. Then tell me what happened to 300 of "Shindler's women" at one point in time.

Raoul Wallenberg's job was to issue Hungarian Jews Swedish passports. He is known as "A Man of Courage" by the more than 100, 000 Jews he helped to save. While Raoul had no authority he went around acting like he did and had many SS Officers obey him with out requesting papers for authorization. When Raoul Wallenberg was just 32 years old he was arrested by the Soviet Union, who claimed they were taking him into protective custody. Read more about Rauol on at this web site, [], and let me know who offered Rauol official citizenship in what country, as a way to offer him freedom.

The video below is about Irena Sendler. Please watch the brief video and tell me what you think about Irena Sendler and what she did. Who did Irena lose the Peace Prize to? media type="file" key="IrenaSendler-VS-AlGore_NEW.wmv"