Rescue: Was it Possible to Save the Jews?
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Rescue: Was it Possible to Save the Jews?A rescue is effected when a danger to life is perceived When was danger to life perceived? Prior to 1938: there was no explicit danger to life 1930s rescue: property, community, future? German Jews and their Christian Wives Protested outside Gestapo headquarters for a week, husbands are returned home Immigration? Where to go? Jewish nationals outside Germany – regulated, limited, or prevented “Our” Jews vs. “Foreign” Jews – esp. France, Fr. Jews seen as not as bad as other Jews Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, Asia, U.S. Antisemitism and the Jewish problem is a minor issue compared to THE WAR Types of covert rescue Supplying identity/ration cards, finding employment, smuggling people, food, shelter Why? – humanitarian views, religious conviction, political ideology, personal friendships Types of overt rescue Polish Social Aid Committee, Zegota, Catholic Scouts – gave money, food, jobs, hid Jews, spoke out against Nazis Old Bulgaria – Nazi satellite nation, fascist government – took Jews property and rights, but did not deport their own Jews Soviet Union Disregard for the murder of the Jews, but no official antisemitic policy (250,000 flee to the interior) Denmark, conquered April 9, 1940 “Aryan” = “Nordic” to Germans Government is allowed to function Resistance to the Nazis – military rule by August 1943 Decision to deport the Jews – synagogue index card registry October 1-2: 7229 Jews and 686 Non Jews smuggled to Sweden Jewish property and synagogues protected by Danes Food to Theresienstadt and questions about welfare Attack on the Jews is seen as an attack on Danish national integrity France, conquered June 1940 Vichy region seen as safe Contradictory information (dead children v. leading a decent life) – again postcards (Nazi propaganda) June 1942: deportation and the hidden children (108) Passeurs – (border smugglers) 2/3 French Jews were saved including 7000 children Le Chambon Sur Lignon – village with population of 5000 Pastor Andre and Magda Trocme 3000 children saved Great Britain Struggle to save Britain Palestine (denied refugees), enemy nationals (German) and Nazi agents Avenue of the Righteous – Yad Vashem Less than ½ % of the European population were rescuers Ex. Otto Busse – German factory owner – helped in the ghettos Paul Grinninger – Swiss border policeman- let the Jews through the border Anna Masczewska – Polish woman, saved children in orphanages Sempo Sugihara – Japanese consul in Lithuania – gave passes to Jews to go to Japan Directory: file -> view view -> Stage I established Goals view -> Abolition and Women’s Rights in Antebellum America Abolitionism (pp. 344-354) view -> Questions: Why did they call for ending slavery? view -> Group 3b dbq project: 19 view -> The British West Indies were islands that were colonized by Great Britain, stretching across the Caribbean from Jamaica through the Lesser Antilles to British Guiana view -> Secretary of the Treasury Samuel Chase sought to fund the Union war effort by doing all of the following view -> Abolition: the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution Share with your friends:
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