Hero: a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.
This week I would like you to think about heroes. What makes a hero? Can someone be a hero if they have done several "wrong" things, but have also committed one righteous act? What if a person never does anything wrong, but never really extends himself either?
Who, in your opinion, is a hero of WWII? Check out my portaportal or do some research on your own and tell us about someone who lived and acted as a hero during WWII (or after if he/she acted as a hero in regards to WWII--like someone who helped a victim of WWII or who tracked down a Nazi and made them face justice). You might also know someone personally (like a relative or family friend) that you wish to write about.
To receive full credit, I would like you to give us a bit of background about the person and explain why you think he/she is heroic. Please provide access to your source as well. As always, response to others is also expected.
I though that Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz was a hero in World War 2. Duck was a member of the Nazi party during WWII but he chose to save Jews instead of sending to concentration camps to be gassed and killed. In 1943, the Nazis blamed Georg for saving 95% of jews in Denmark.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.warhistoryonline.com/articles/25-heroes-world-war-ii.html
DeleteWhat made him not want to be a Nazi?
DeleteIn my opinion, I believe that Desmond Doss was a hero during WWII. He was a U.S. solider that refused to carry a weapon through the war. He was hated by the Army and they tried to make him leave. However, it didn't work. The reason I believe he is a hero is because of what he did during the battle at Okinawa Maeda Escapment (Hacksaw Ridge). He saved 75 lives on the bloody battlefield after working for 12 hours. He later received the Medal of Honor for what he did.
ReplyDeleteThats a great thing that he did. He would have been able to save 75 lives instead of kill 75 Germans.
DeleteIt was Japanese, not Germans.
DeleteOh yeah.
DeleteYES! I love his story (the movie was really good, too!). This shows courage not only in what he did at Hacksaw Ridge, but how he stood up for his beliefs and never let people change him.
DeleteAbdol Hossein Sardari. Known as the Schindler of Iran, Iranian diplomat Sardari was in-charge of Iranian Consular office in 1941 when war broke out. He argued with Nazi generals and troops to save Iranian Jews which he did so successfully. In the end, he even managed to issue Iranian passports to non-Iranian Jews to save them.
ReplyDeletewhat does it mean to issue passports?
DeleteBy issue passports I think that he was giving fake passports to people so that they could get out of the country without being noticed by Nazi soldiers.
DeleteGreat story. I had not heard about him before.
DeleteÁngel Sanz Briz was a spanish diplomat (he was from spain representing his own country) who served Francoist Spain during World War II. He was able to save 5,000 Hungarian jews from being deported from their own country to Auschwitz.
ReplyDeleteDo you know how he got them out of going to Auschwitz?
DeleteGood question, Megan. Was he ever found out? Did he get in trouble?
DeleteIn my opinion Charles Joseph Coward is one of the World War II heros. Coward was no weakling. Coward was a master at escaping German prisons, with seven prisons to break his name. One prison managed to land him on the iron cross. He caused trouble at concentration camps by organizing sabotage while spying on Nazi's. Over all he saved over 400 laborers from the Germans.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I really didn't know that people escaped the prisons. I imagined they were inescapable. Sounds like a good person to write a book about!
DeleteI think that Irena Sendlerowa, from the true book, Irena's Children, was a true hero of WW1. I think this because she saved OVER 2,500 kids that would have been killed. She outsmarted the Nazi's into thinking she was an officer and even trained dogs to bark over the baby's crying. 2,500 innocent kids would have been killed and tortured if it wasn't for her. That is why she is a true hero of WW1.
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