https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho The Man That Escaped Auschwitz en-us 2018-05-04 16:19:00 UTC 2018-05-17 12:19:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rocket.png cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/258901376 2018-05-08 13:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/258901376 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/258902380 2018-05-08 13:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/258902380 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/258902946 Born in Czechoslovakia Vrba was born into a Jewish Household.  He went to school just like any other boy at the time. By the time he was 18 World War ll had begun, and the Nazis had taken over Czechoslovakia. He was captured and taken to Auschwitz, then later moved to Auschwitz ll. ]]> 2018-05-08 13:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/258902946 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261229740 Rudolf Vrba Auschwitz protocol was diagram, or map of Auschwitz- Birkenau]]> 2018-05-16 14:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261229740 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261273493 At the camp, Vrba met a Jewish man from the same town as him. His name was Alfred Wetzler.  The two of them quickly devised a plan that seemed possible. To escape from Auschwitz ll. They hid in a small cavity in a pile of wood just outside of camp, that was waiting to be used for building. ]]> 2018-05-16 15:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261273493 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261275958 "I cannot forgive" - Rudolf Vrba]]> 2018-05-16 16:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261275958 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261276842 Once just inside the Slovakian border, Vrba and Wetzler met up with the Slovakian Jewish council. Together, they made what is know as the Auschwitz protocol. A document stating exactly what they had seen in the camp. They put together a map of the camp, and an exact diagram of the main killing machines that the Nazis used. The gas chambers. ]]> 2018-05-16 16:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261276842 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261280290 Alfred Wetzler]]> 2018-05-16 16:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261280290 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261283536 https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/07/world/europe/rudolf-vrba-81-auschwitz-witness-dies.html]]> 2018-05-16 16:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261283536 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261283921 Vrba made diagrams of the Gas chambers being used by the Nazis]]> 2018-05-16 16:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261283921 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261284589 Vrba on the left, Wetzler on the right. ]]> 2018-05-16 16:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261284589 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261537540  The Auschwitz protocol was sent to several countries around the world. Including the Unites States. These papers caused more countries to fought back. And ultimately sped up the ending of the war.]]> 2018-05-17 11:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261537540 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261538135 Just 3 hours after, the guards found they were missing, and called for a search mission. The search lasted for 3 days. 3 days later, the search was called off. Vrba, and Wetzler hid in the cavity for ALL 3 days. When the search ended they ran towards the Slovakian border. ]]> 2018-05-17 11:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261538135 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261538441 Alfred Wetzler was the man that escaped from Auschwitz with Rudolf Vrba. He was born in Slovakia on May 10, 1918. He was sent to Auschwitz in 1942. And, escaped 2 years later with Vrba. ]]> 2018-05-17 11:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261538441 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261540486 Following the war, Rudolf Vrba went on to become a distinguished medical researcher in 4 different countries. Israel, England, United States, and Canada.]]> 2018-05-17 12:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261540486 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261541578 2018-05-17 12:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261541578 cole_shumate https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261542711 On March 27, 2006. Rudolf Vrba passed away at the age of 81. He is survived by his wife, and their daughter Zuza Vrbova Jackson, and two grandchildren. ]]> 2018-05-17 12:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_shumate/2cx46t0dtsho/wish/261542711