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THE POWER of GOOD
Predict what happened based on the word cloud and picture.
frightened children
heartbroken parents saved
various honours
Nazis business Britain
public attention
during World War II
forgotten journal Jewish
What do you know about Schindler?
About Schindler
Schindler’s List is a 1993 American movie set in World War II, and directed by Steven Spielberg.
It is about businessman Oskar Schindler who save thousands of Jews from being killed in the Holocaust by putting them to work in a factory. His list was the list of Jews he wanted to save.
Predict what Nicholas Winton did?
He once served in the army and knew what Jewish people suffered in the war.
He helped transport children to the safety.
Nicholas Winton with one of the children he rescued.
You can see his statue and the train once used to transport the children.
In 2003, Sir Winton was knighted by the Queen of England for his work.
In 2014, he was awarded the Order of the White Lion.
The children once saved by him thank him forever.
Read the passage and finish the chart
Nicholas Winton
birthday: ____________________________
birthplace: ___________________________
nationality: __________________________
work exsperience: __________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________
19 May, 1909
London
British
worked in banks; in business helped children; officer in Air Force; international charities; various companies
What’s the style of the passage?
biography
Learning to learn
Most biographies are organised in the order in which events happened. Whilst reading a biography, it’s a good idea to make a timeline to record and track important information, such as dates, places and key events. This can be a useful way of displaying the kind of life the person led and even, sometimes, what he/she was really like.
What happened in the following years?
1909
1931
1938
1939
1954
1988
2003
2014
2015
was born on 19 May 1909 in London
became a businessman
went to Prague to help refugees escape from the Nazis
had saved 669 children
left the military
was invited onto the British televesion programme That’s Life
received a knighthood for his achievement
was awarded the Order of the White Lion
passed away
Discuss
Because they were Jewish and under the control of the Nazis.
Because, for the most part, Winton did not mention the children he saved. Winton might have thought that it was normal to help others when they were in trouble, so it was not worth mentioning.
Kind-hearted; brave; generous
Chinese Schindler
CNN曾报道了一名中国人,叫何凤山,二战时救过数千犹太人的命,至今犹太人的后代都在纪念他。
他的神秘而又感人之处在于,他比辛德勒救过更多的犹太人,但他生前很少提及。死后,人们才发现,他是一个伟大的人。对于犹太人而言,有人说,他是上帝。
1938 年何凤山任中国驻奥地利维也纳总领事。时值欧洲上空战云密布,纳粹势力肆虐横行,掀起反犹浪潮。犹太人面临灭顶之灾。斯时,奥地利犹太人如果能获得一张出国签证,就可以合法离开。但如果没有出国签证就会被投入集中营,被成批屠杀。
很多国家不想也不敢得罪德国,便找出种种理由,纷纷对犹太难民亮起红灯,拒绝伸出援手。所以,那时犹太人能得到一张出国签证,简直比登天还难。
面对纳粹对犹太人的疯狂屠杀,面对各国政府对犹太人冷酷而无情的拒绝。何凤山想起远在万里之外的祖国人民也正遭受日本铁蹄的践踏;想起刚到奥地利时,曾给了自己很多帮助的犹太家庭白克三姐妹,现在却已被纳粹无辜残忍杀害,看到成千上万类似白克家庭的犹太人正在遭受着法西斯疯狂屠杀的悲惨命运,何凤山义愤填膺、义无反顾地向犹太人伸出了援手。
Ho Feng Shan: The 'Chinese Schindler' who saved thousands of Jews
Ho is often hailed as "the Chinese Schindler," in honor of the industrialist Oskar Schindler who saved 1,200 Jews by employing them in his factory located in Poland.
何凤山常常被人称为:中国的辛德勒。辛德勒是一名曾经营救过1200名犹太人的实业家,他把犹太人雇佣到自己位于波兰的工厂。
"Nowadays most people believe that he saved more than 5,000 lives at the time," said Xu Xin, a professor and a leading expert on Jewish studies at Nanjing University.
“目前,大多数人认为,何那时候救了5000多人的命,”南京大学一名研究犹太学的教授说。
Amid the ravages of the war,Japanese-occupied Shanghai became a "Noah's Ark" that sheltered around 25,000 Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis.
在战争肆掠的年代,日本占领的上海成为“诺亚方舟”,为逃脱纳粹迫害的2万5千名左右的犹太难民提供了庇护。
His story came to light by accident, when his daughter -- a reporter at the time -- wrote his obituary, in which she included a tale of him confronting the Gestapo at gunpoint to save his Jewish friends -- the only wartime tale he ever told her.
何凤山的故事由于偶然而被发现。他的女儿曾是一名记者,在写父亲的讣告的时候,她加入了一个父亲面对盖世太保的枪口营救犹太人的故事。这也是她父亲唯一曾经跟她讲过的战时故事。
"Seeing the Jews so doomed, it was only natural to feel deep compassion, and from a humanitarian standpoint, to be impelled to help them."
“看到犹太人遭此厄运,同情之心油然而生,从人道主义立场出发,也会自然去帮助他们。”(何风山回忆录节选)
But we'll never know why he chose to keep his heroic acts a secret.
但我们永远都无法知道他为什么选择为他的英雄行为而保密。
"If you have been given a lot, you have to give back. That's his ethics, and he basically lived it," Manli,his daughter says.
“如果你曾经获得过好运,你得(记得)还回去(将好运给别人)。这是他的行为准则,他基本上做到了,”她女儿说。
John Rabe
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