Help is when you give someone a hand when they are in need. Rescue is when you save someone's life. Rescue is help, but help is not rescue! Someone hiding a Jewish person is helping because if they get caught then the Jewish person is dead. Now if someone helped a Jewish person leave the country then that is rescue. When a Jewish person needed food or clothes you would help them by giving them food! Yes because they put their life in danger to help and or rescue the Jewish person's life!
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Help and Rescue
Think about the terms “help” and rescue.” What is the difference between these two terms? In the context of the Holocaust, how do you understand the difference between these two terms? Can you think of a specific time when help was needed rather than rescue, and of times when Jews needed to be rescued? Would you characterize those individuals who helped Jews as heroes? Why or why not? Would you characterize those who rescued Jews as heroes? Why or why not?
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Julia,
ReplyDeleteNice job of explaining your definitions and distinctions between the two terms of "help" and "rescue." It is somewhat of a grey area for me, because if I had hidden a Jewish person in my attic, wouldn't I be both helping and rescuing him/her from certain death at the hands of the Nazis? It's interesting to think about! Thanks for your post.