Thursday, May 22, 2008

Holocaust Article

This article was interesting because I've personally never heard of Chambon before reading this. It talks about how a French teacher wants to bring back the "rescuers" since studying a holocaust child victim was to harsh.  The Chambon went against what the Nazis strived to do.  They fed, sheltered, clothed, made false passports and created an underground railroad to Switzerland to help them escape their own harsh reality.  The Chambon had nearly been forgotten because nobody talked about the good people who came out of the Holocaust.  It also makes a reference to Schindler's List because he too tried to save Jews but in real life Holocaust, the Nazis wouldn't help save Jews. They are really striving to get this story back into the curriculum because it is one that will soon be forgotten because it is already not talked about much.  Overall, it was an interesting article to read and it tied in with the movie Schindler's List because he too tried to help save Jews like the Chambon did. 

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