The Unknown Heroes

After nearly 70 years, the names of the people who helped smuggle refugees into Switzerland have been cleared. There was a law that you were not to help Jews or civilians enter Switzerland illegally. There were 137 know people that were convicted for breaking this law. There were a total of about 300,000 people that crossed the border into Switzerland. A recent ruling has now annulled the old law and named the people who helped many survive “heroes”. Even though most of the people who help are now dead, they are still considered “heroes”. There families can live knowing that there late family members did something that may have been illegal but did it because it was the right thing to do. They a

War World II had a great impact all over the world. Every student learns or at least knows of WWII. They not only learn about the Holocaust but also the tragedy behind it. They were, also, either showed or told how people were killed and how they were treated. It is very depressing that a human being could do this to another human being.

I went to Dachau Concentration Camp and walking through the gates everyone stoped talking. We all knew what happened. We learned it even in school. We all, also, knew how sad it was. When I went there I learned that, in Germany, sixth grade students visit Dachau. They learn the history of why it was there and to teach and hope that they learn that nothing good happens when you belittle someone else.

War World II is a cultureal importance not only to Germany, but to the rest of Europe and the world. Many countries pulled together and fought against the Nazis. Even if the United States came in a little late for my liking, they still helped save a lot of people. I believe that everyone working together is very important. WWII showed us that we can work together. Conflict does nothing but prolong the peace that the world can have.

           

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