During the Holocaust, there was a few people who went against the grain and tried to save and protect jewish people, one man in particular save over a thousand Jews. Oskar Schindler was a wealthy buisman who originally was an advocate for the Nazi party. He began to hire Jews as cheap labor but as an underlining reason saved many of them from having to go into Concentration Camps. Schindler’s List directed by Steven Spielberg was released in 1993 and exposed all the good he did. He was often getting in trouble for his actions but managed to get out clean. Some other Germans at the time also put for the effort to save the Jewish Community. Thousands of Jewish people were saved due to people like Oskar …show more content…
The article Rescue, describes the journey of War Time Rescuers to be“ Individuals willing to help Jews in danger faced severe consequences if they were caught, and formidable logistics of supporting people in hiding.” The rescuers came from any type of religious background and all had unique ways of saving as many Jews as they could. One part of France had over 2,000 jewish refugees who were being protected. France, as well as Italy and Belgium had an underground networks run by Catholics that would help to smuggle Jews in trouble to Switzerland and Spain. A Swedish Diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg, Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz, and Italian citizen Giorgio Perlasca provided and protected tens of thousands of Jews with certifications that put them under neutral powers .Other people had bigger plans to end this such as Jan Karski who was a courier for the Polish Government, wanted to expose the Nazis plan. He did this by meeting with Jewish Leaders to get details about what was going on and report it back to Allied leaders, such as President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Other American groups helped to secure Visas and places for Jewish refugees to stay once they arrived. Around 1,100 Jewish children orphans were taken into American homes and were