https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3 en-us 2023-02-09 14:15:51 UTC 2023-02-14 13:49:52 UTC hello@padlet.com 25alautermilch https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2476491558 When he was 15, he was forced out of school because of Nuremberg Laws. In March 1942, he rebelled against the deportation laws by ripping the Star of David off of his clothes and headed for Britain. An officer stopped him because he was suspicious of him wearing two pairs of socks.]]> 2023-02-10 14:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2476491558 25alautermilch https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2476650168 On June 14,1942, he was first deported to Majdanek. He was then transported to Auschwitz. After six months at Auschwitz, he was transported to Birkenau. ]]> 2023-02-10 16:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2476650168 25alautermilch https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2476656740 His job at Birkenau was to evacuate the bodies. A Viennese prisoner who was trusted by the SS found out that Rudolf could speak German and transported him to a store room where clothing and belongings of the dead were sorted. He became a camp registar, and started "mentally recording" everyone who got transported or murdered.]]> 2023-02-10 16:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2476656740 25alautermilch https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2476698735 He met Alfred Wetzler and they became close friends. When they started to trust each other,they came up with a plan to escape together. They climbed into a hollowed out place in a wood pile that was being sent to Mexico. Other prisoners placed boards around them and sprinkled a russian tobacco soaked in petrol, to keep the guard dogs away. ]]> 2023-02-10 17:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2476698735 25alautermilch https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2476706737 Rudolf and Alfred made sketches of the camp and crematorium and gave it to the Slovakian Jewish Council. They made a report that told of the conditions in the camps. It was translated from Slovak to German and they made many copies.]]> 2023-02-10 17:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2476706737 25alautermilch https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2476706943 Rudolf's book written in 1963,he's written three books and starred in movies.]]> 2023-02-10 17:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2476706943 25alautermilch https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2479455356 2 weeks after escaping Alfred and Rudolf met up with the Jewish Council and got interviewed. Rudolf gave them information about the camps and the layout.]]> 2023-02-13 14:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2479455356 25alautermilch https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2480126890 "From the testimony of survivors such as Elie Wiesel, it seems clear that the Jewish masses assumed that if something truly horrible was in store for them, these respectable leaders would know about it and would share their knowledge ... It is my contention that a small group of informed people, by their silence, deprived others of the possibility or privilege of making their own decisions in the face of mortal danger."
-Rudolf Vrba]]> 2023-02-13 19:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2480126890 25alautermilch https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2480130778 2023-02-13 19:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2480130778 25alautermilch https://padlet.com/25alautermilch/iciv19w6i5qsggs3/wish/2481895432 http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/revolt/vrba.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Vrba

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