https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12 involved in the French Underground Railroad for Jewish prisoners en-us 2022-05-02 18:23:39 UTC 2022-05-13 18:32:38 UTC hello@padlet.com giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2167414554 2022-05-02 21:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2167414554 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2167425014 Suzanne Spaak was a loving mother and spouse who lived in Paris. Her husband was a man named Claude who was a filmmaker and they had two children named Lucie and Louis. The biggest happiness in Suzanne's life was taking care of her family.

Then, she found out the German occupation of France and thought it was extremely disturbing and not humane. Because of this, she decided to join the Resistance. This is where her service for Jewish prisoners started. ]]> 2022-05-02 21:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2167425014 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2167439853 Unfortunately, Suzanne was shot in her cell on August, 12, 1944 by Heinz Pannwitz, who was a Gestapo officer. This was just thirteen days before the liberation of Paris. However, on April 21, 1945, Yad Vashem recognized her as Righteous Among the Nations. ]]> 2022-05-02 22:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2167439853 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2167441250 - The Big Issue ]]> 2022-05-02 22:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2167441250 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2168784006 Her significance in the whole Holocaust genocide may not be that big, but to those Jews that she saved, she means everything to them. ]]> 2022-05-03 18:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2168784006 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2171795166 In October of 1943, Suzanne Spaak was arrested by the Gestapo police for providing help to the Jewish people (helping them escape/hiding them). She was taken to a prison in Fresnes. When she found out she was going to get arrested, she gave the list of names and addresses of Jewish children to another worker in the underground railroad, which saved all those Jewish children. On August 12, 1944, she was killed by the Germans (a week before the liberation of Paris). ]]> 2022-05-05 17:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2171795166 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2171797822 Told by Anne Nelson ]]> 2022-05-05 17:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2171797822 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2171799025 Suzanne didn't refuse any assignment or task given to her. She was willing to go beyond extreme measures to support and help Jews. Suzanne had walked all over Paris to find a hospital that was willing to help Jews that were hiding under different names. She utilized her high social standing to talk to clerics, judges, and authors to remind them about their duty to go against Nazism and the persecution of Jews. Suzanne also helped work an underground operative. During her work there, she would type and give out leaflets to the Jews. 

In 1943, information about the deportation of Jewish children in UGIF centers was told. Suzanne was a part of an organization started by Pastor Paul Vergara and Marcelle Guillemot. In this organization, they smuggled more than 60 children to safety from the Nazis. Suzanne even sheltered some kids at her own house and with the help of her friends, she was able to provide the children with ration cards and clothing. ]]> 2022-05-05 17:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2171799025 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2171895098 2022-05-05 18:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2171895098 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2173051823 Told by Anne Nelson ]]> 2022-05-06 15:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2173051823 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2173052911 Spouse: Claude Spaak (a filmmaker) 
Children: Lucie and Louis 
Nationality: Belgian/French 

Suzanne was accustomed to very high standards of living because of her relationships to her father and sister-in-law. Her father was a famous Belgian banker and her sister-in-law was a Belgian foreign minister.  Her husband, Claude, was also part of a prosperous family. ]]> 2022-05-06 15:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2173052911 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2173054800 When Suzanne heard about the news, she was very disturbed about what was happening to the Jewish people, especially the children. After knowing about what was happening, she felt it was wrong to enjoy her own life, when there were people getting killed just because of their religion/what they believe. ]]> 2022-05-06 15:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2173054800 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2173126502 2022-05-06 16:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2173126502 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2173138273 Despite the loyal and devoted woman she is, her husband wasn't as faithful. During her missions and time serving the Jews in the underground railroad, her husband was having an affair with a mistress. After she found out, she was too worried about her children, so she didn't divorce him and just let him do what he wanted to do. ]]> 2022-05-06 16:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2173138273 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2173141015 Suzanne Spaak had no reason to help Jews. She lived a wealthy life caring for her children. The fact that she did what she did, even though she didn't get anything out of it, speaks for itself. ]]> 2022-05-06 16:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2173141015 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2176242878 Honoring Suzanne Spaak as a Holocaust upstander is an important role in our duties. By remembering these people, we are keeping these memories and stories alive. We, as citizens, need to make sure that this kind of terrible genocide never happens again. The biggest way to prevent genocide from happening again is remembering history and what happened in the past. People like Suzanne Spaak give us the standard of what we need to be. By being bystanders, we are contributing to the problem and honoring these upstanders gives us an idea of what expectations we uphold. ]]> 2022-05-09 18:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2176242878 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2176243875 In our modern-day world, people are too mean to each other. We watch and let people suffer, we tear them down whenever they feel good, we're too selfish. It seems that our people have gotten meaner as time has went on. From this commemorative page, I hope viewers take away the lesson of sacrifice. Suzanne Spaak gave up her entire life to save Jews from the terrible treatment of Nazi Germany. Suzanne Spaak, who had everything someone could want in life, had risked her entire life and the life of her family, to save the genocide of Jews. 

Furthermore, I hope that these up standers from the Holocaust are honored and remembered forever. These up standers and Holocaust survivors are now leaving our Earth and we only have a little bit of time left with them. In order for something like this to not happen again in the state that our world is in, we need to keep these memories alive. By honoring these people, we are not only protecting our future generations, but also making sure that these people are recognized for their sacrifices. ]]> 2022-05-09 18:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2176243875 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2176251859 2022-05-09 18:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2176251859 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2176255007 Visit this website for more information on Suzanne Spaak and what she did for Jews during the invasion of Nazi Germany ]]> 2022-05-09 18:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2176255007 giannalee https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2177988928 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D8EFaNZxkVENO3L1EAn8b6Ap7SRwZC3IrLf3GW976y8/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2022-05-10 17:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/giannalee/w0xbm5boi8r5ps12/wish/2177988928