Gino Bartali: A Holocaust Hero

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Heroes are everywhere we just don't notice most of them. Irena Sendler, Albert Goering, Gino Bartali are all people who helped save or hide Jews in the Holocaust. Between this time, Jews along with other people were being killed because they were “different.” This time was called the Holocaust. During 1939 and 1945 a group of Germans called the Nazis persecuted Jews. Irena Sendler, Albert Goering, and Gino Bartali found ways to hide Jews, and rescue them. An example of a Holocaust hero is, Gino Bartali. His birthplace is Florence. He was born in 1914. He worked as a mechanic in a bicycle shop. He won Giro and the tour in 1949. Gino became a messenger. He traveled thousands of miles in Italy. Mussolini is captured on October of 1936. Italy