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http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/revolt/auschescape.html

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Background Information:  Who, What, When, and Where

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Background Information:  Who, What, When, and Where

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Malka Zimetbaum was born in a family of five and was the very first child. She was born in Brzesko, Poland on January 26, 1918. She excelled in mathematics and languages like Flemish, French, German, Polish, and English. Malka had joined a Jewish youth organisation and changed her name to Mala.

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Background Information:  Who, What, When, and Where

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Mala’s father was blind, so she had to take a job being a seamstress for a popular fashion house. After she did that job, she worked as a linguist-secretary in a minor company in the diamond trade, located in Antwerp. Mala would always try to find ways to help others and do what she can, the best she can.

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The Act of Resistance: Notes, Details, Dates, Important Facts:

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The Act of Resistance: Notes, Details, Dates, Important Facts:

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After two years traveled by with the German occupation of Belgium, Mala was caught at the Antwerp Central Station on July 22,1942. Mala was looking for a hiding place somewhere with her family and herself, but on that day she was arrested. The Germans took Mala to Fort Breendonk and five days later she was sent to Mechelen. In Mechelen, German authorities had created a collection and deportation point for Jews from the Dossin Barracks.

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The Act of Resistance: Notes, Details, Dates, Important Facts:

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Through her journey, Mala was placed in the normal section at JudenRampe outside Birkenau. She was one of the 101 females that were built for labour while 717 of the females were gassed immediately. When she was subjected to her woman camp, number 19880 was tattooed on her forearm. In a wooden barrack that was originally supposed to be a horse stable, Mala with her skills of languages, she was a Lauferin, who was a messenger and interpreter.

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Mala's indomitable spirit sustained her through the horrors of the Holocaust. Despite the harsh conditions, she utilized her linguistic talents as a Lauferin, serving as a messenger and interpreter in the camp. Enduring unimaginable hardships, she bore witness to the resilience of the human spirit amid profound suffering. Through her ordeal, Mala's story stands as a testament to courage and the enduring power of hope.

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Mala was very helpful to others and was well known around. She would donate food to the other people that really needed it and make sure that others don’t die. Mala wanted to make sure that everyone in the resistance would be taken care of and would not give up. Mala believed that she and others should make sure that people are okay, so they won’t die and will have the energy to fight back and do what they can do.

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Before Mala died, she made sure that since she knew how she had it better than many other people, she should try to let them get the treatment that she had gotten. Mala would let others know what was going around the camp and Poland. She would send cryptic warnings to her family, still living in Belgium. Whoever that would send messages to anybody, they would get caught and be punished, but Mala would still find ways to help out her family no matter what.

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Mala believed that everybody should have self-love in themselves and have kind personalities inside them. She made sure that even though of the resistance and all of the violence going around, there are still people in the world that are positive. Mala's belief in self-love and kindness guided her actions every day. Despite the challenges and negativity she encountered, she remained steadfast in her commitment to spreading positivity and compassion wherever she went.

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“In my opinion, resistance in Birkenau was to help each other survive and Mala was eager to help, that was deeply rooted in her ethics. Mala fed starving prisoners.” - Another Birkenau survivor, Anna Palarczyk

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQeDvnapdlg

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The Holocaust prisoners waiting to get out someday.

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The Jewish people in the Holocaust that were restricted and not treated right.

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The Jews were not able to do many activities that the Germans could do and could not go everywhere that they could.

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Many of the people that were in the Holocaust died from the abusement and mistreatment that they got from the Germans.

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Most of the Jewish people were kicked out of where they lived and to find anywhere able to sleep. Also, they had to hide away from any other Germans that would try to find them and hurt them.

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During the Holocaust, not many of the Jewish children got to go to school and only the German children could.