Hero status is often achieved by making personal sacrifices, showing extreme selflessness, and great courage. Allison and Goethals (2011, 49) state, 'These individuals typically don't set out with the intention of being heroes. In fact the situations they find themselves in are usually unpleasant, requiring a difficult choice that has painful consequences. The choice however, is the correct one from a moral perspective'. In a survey of 75 college students Allison and Goethals noted eight heroic traits,'The Great Eight':
1.Smart: intelligent, smart, wise
2.Strong: strong, leader,dominating,courageous,gallant
3.Selfless:moral,honest,selfless,humble,altruistic
4.Caring:compassionate,empathetic,caring, kind
5.Charismatic: eloquent,charismatic,dedicated,passionate
6.Resilient: determined,persevering, resilient,accomplished,
7.Reliable:loyal,true,reliable
8.Inspiring: admirable,inspirational
Below are some of the rescuers people who helped Jews during the war. Would you consider these people heroic? Read about these individuals and think about the traits that these people display-all of the above?
Oskar Schindler:
Read about Oskar Schindler here:
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/schindler/
http://www.oskarschindler.com/thesitemap.htm
http://www.oskarschindler.dk/legacy/content1.html
Go to Flickers of Light at Yad Vashem to read about these people.
Dr. Adelaide Hautval
Jerzy Bielecki
Ludwig Worl
Dr. Ella Lingens
Jerzy Pozimiski
Go to this link at Yad Vashem to read about Muslims who helped to rescue Jews.
Read here for information about the people of Le Chambon
Read about Varian Fry the American journalist
The Americans Marthe and Waitstill
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