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Underground Railroad Constructors/ Those Who Aided the Holocaust Victims
Underground Railroad Constructors/ Those Who Aided the Holocaust Victims
Those who Aided the Holocaust Victims
Ways they assisted in protecting:
Few people help Jews escape, those who did were motivated, they were against the Nazi racism, they would hide them in unknown places.
Risk involved who assisted in escape:
It was hard for Jews to survived the Final Solution, Nazi planed to kill the Jews in Europe, it was a big risk trying to escape the solders while they were killing others.
Motivations they did to help victims:
Nazi you use fear for motivations, Jews listened to the Nazi because they were scared to die.
Who helped in saving lives:
The rescuers who helped Jewish people and others to escape from the Nazi Holocaust during World War II were Oskar Schindler.
Background of people who assisted the victims:
--Some who helped were very poor, so money they got was very helpful, others did it because of their religion
Underground Railroad
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Notable Figures Who Helped
Main people that helped were Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglass, Thomas Garret, William Still, and Samuel Burris.
Background Of Those Who Helped
Conductors working the railroad would pretend to be a slaves would guide fugitives to
Motivation For Helping Victims
--Most people who helped the slaves were usually of a different race, as well as former slaves, so this motivated them to help.
Risks helping underground railroad victims :
If people were caught helping they'd be fined hundreds and thousands of dollars. They were also whipped , hung, or imprisoned
Why it matters
The topics have many similarities like how the underground railroad is helping the slaves escape, just like how the people protect the Jews from the Nazi.
**Facts Underground railroad
Levi Coffin was an underground railroad hero who helped 3,000 slaves gain their freedom
White men that were caught helping slaves had harsher punishments then white women. Both women and men would at least be put in jail.
The African Americans became the new engine for the underground railroad
Facts Those who aided holocaust victims
Facts
: About 250,000 to 500,000 gypsies died
Facts
- Unlike other genocides, Jews could escape death by converting to another religion