What is an Upstander? How can we become one? What does it take to be an Upstander? Well these answers are not in your history text books, or in Library books,the answers are in yourselves. An Upstander is someone who stands up and does something about a particular situation or for a person who is in a terrible situation. For example, once upon a time, in a land called Germany, a man by the name of Hitler, decided that one day, Jews and other people that he found to be "Inferior" were to be deported and to be wiped off the face of the Earth (in other words, to be killed and destroyed). Many people fled the country, but unfortunately, 6 million people were demolished because of this man. About 10, 000 people in various places around Western Europe decided to help these poor people, who were being demolished everywhere in Western Europe. These people hid families, and in some way shape or form, converted them to another religion. These people took on the risk of hiding these Jews, which if caught, could lead to horrifying consequences. But, these people are what we call "Upstanders". People that refused to step aside when the Nazis barged into towns, and rounding up Jews. These people were the Upstanders , that refused to join the Nazi party, even if it meant that they would have to face deadly consequences. These people refused to tell where Jews were hiding and they even helped getting their fellow hidden Jews to safety. Nowadays, you can hardly find Upstanders at all, unless if there is a good and legit reason for it. So, if you are asking on how to become an Upstander, the answer is clearly right in front of your face. An Upstander does not have to have certain instructions, they just have to know how to speak up when something is wrong. "Risking your life for another, is the best thing you can do for someone," says survivor Renee Kann Silver, who was a hidden child in the Village of Le-Chambon-Sur-Lingon. With society rampaging, as it is, we can learn how to help one another (even if it is not a Holocaust). We can still help those that are refugees from another country, fleeing because their country because of injustice and indecency, those that need our help, teach those who were poorly brought up around hatred and racial hatred and learn from those who survived events such as the Holocaust. Learn, teach and Live, BE an UPSTANDER.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Learning about how to Be An Upstander
What is an Upstander? How can we become one? What does it take to be an Upstander? Well these answers are not in your history text books, or in Library books,the answers are in yourselves. An Upstander is someone who stands up and does something about a particular situation or for a person who is in a terrible situation. For example, once upon a time, in a land called Germany, a man by the name of Hitler, decided that one day, Jews and other people that he found to be "Inferior" were to be deported and to be wiped off the face of the Earth (in other words, to be killed and destroyed). Many people fled the country, but unfortunately, 6 million people were demolished because of this man. About 10, 000 people in various places around Western Europe decided to help these poor people, who were being demolished everywhere in Western Europe. These people hid families, and in some way shape or form, converted them to another religion. These people took on the risk of hiding these Jews, which if caught, could lead to horrifying consequences. But, these people are what we call "Upstanders". People that refused to step aside when the Nazis barged into towns, and rounding up Jews. These people were the Upstanders , that refused to join the Nazi party, even if it meant that they would have to face deadly consequences. These people refused to tell where Jews were hiding and they even helped getting their fellow hidden Jews to safety. Nowadays, you can hardly find Upstanders at all, unless if there is a good and legit reason for it. So, if you are asking on how to become an Upstander, the answer is clearly right in front of your face. An Upstander does not have to have certain instructions, they just have to know how to speak up when something is wrong. "Risking your life for another, is the best thing you can do for someone," says survivor Renee Kann Silver, who was a hidden child in the Village of Le-Chambon-Sur-Lingon. With society rampaging, as it is, we can learn how to help one another (even if it is not a Holocaust). We can still help those that are refugees from another country, fleeing because their country because of injustice and indecency, those that need our help, teach those who were poorly brought up around hatred and racial hatred and learn from those who survived events such as the Holocaust. Learn, teach and Live, BE an UPSTANDER.
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