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Heroes of History

Heroes of History. Hero - A person who is admired for courage or noble qualities. By: Eric Thomas and Kyle Burgess. Rwanda. April 6 th 1994 to July 17 th 1994. Romeo Dallaire : Situation. Dallaire was the leader of UNAMIR

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Heroes of History

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  1. Heroes of History Hero - A person who is admired for courage or noble qualities. By: Eric Thomas and Kyle Burgess

  2. Rwanda April 6th 1994 to July 17th 1994

  3. Romeo Dallaire:Situation • Dallaire was the leader of UNAMIR • Dallaire’s mission: to supervise the Hutu and Tutsi while the Arusha Accord was put in place • Had a team of peacekeepers from Belgium, Canada, Ghana, Bangladesh, Tunisia, Senegal and Pakistan • Had to ask permission from the UN Security Council before doing anything

  4. Romeo Dallaire:What did he do? • Defied the order to withdraw from Rwanda • Asked for more troops from the UN and other countries but was denied by everyone • Had over 20,000 Rwandans under his protection • Constantly made new plans to protect people

  5. Romeo Dallaire:What is he doing now? • Testified against Col. Bagosora in his trial • A Senator in Canadian Parliament • Wrote two books • Currently fighting the use of child soldiers • Trying to bring a general understanding of PSTD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) to the general public

  6. Romeo Dallaire:Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjQxF2_GJew

  7. MbayeDiagne:Situation • Senegalese Captain of the UN • Stationed at Hôtel des Mille Collines • Mbaye was described as “the bravest of the brave” and “the kind of guy you meet once in a lifetime” • UN’s presence was often enough to keep the killers away from the hotel when the genocide started

  8. MbayeDiagne:What did he do? • Saved the PM’s children by taking them to Hôtel des Mille Collines • Made numerous rescue missions • Hid Tutsi’s in the back of his truck and had a charm with the guards at the checkpoints to get passed • Saved 25 hidden Tutsis once by making several trips through 23 checkpoints from their hiding place to the hotel

  9. MbayeDiagne:What is he doing now? • Mbaye died on May 31st 1994 • Driving back to UN headquarters with a message for Dallaire • A mortar shell landed behind his Jeep • Shrapnel came through the back window and into the back of his head • He was killed instantly

  10. MbayeDiagne:Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgdU1B2bzxw

  11. Paul Rusesabagina:Situation • He was Hutu • Last name means ‘warrior that disperses the enemies’ • He was Assistant General Manager of Hôtel des Milles Collines • All the managers left when the genocide started and he was promoted to General Manager • He was married to a Tutsi

  12. Paul Rusesabagina:What did he do? • Sheltered around 1200 refugees at his hotel • Would bribe militia captains with money, alcohol and cigars so they would leave • Had tight contacts with city heads • Saved his family and 32 neighbours • Constantly called and sent faxes to important heads such as Bill Clinton and the King of Belgium

  13. Paul Rusesabagina:What is he doing now? • Hotel Rwanda was made about his story • Escaped to Tanzania (behind RPF lines) • Moved to Belgium • Started his own cab company • Bought a trucking company in Zambia and uses it to deliver goods to rural areas in Zambia • Gives lectures and does public speaking

  14. Paul Rusesabagina:Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LchWLP-XsVw

  15. Carl Wilkens:Situation • Head of ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency International) • Lived in Rwanda with his wife and 3 kids • Only American left in Rwanda after the genocide started • Stayed in his home with his friends (mainly Tutsi’s)

  16. Carl Wilkens:What did he do? • He is responsible for saving 400 people at the Gisimba orphanage • With 50 killers ready to kill, Wilkens went to the prime minister and was able to save the orphanage • He later transferred the 400 people to a safe Cathedral • From a different orphanage he transferred 100 people to the Cathedral • Brought 12 people from Nyamiramboto Mille Collines Jean-Francois Gisimba and Carl Wilkens

  17. Carl Wilkens:What is he doing now? • Went back to Rwanda to help rebuild • Became a pastor • Visits Rwanda to see friends and co-workers • Public Speaking • Runs a website about his experiences • Involved in helping the victims of the genocide in Darfur • Wrote a book called “I’m not leaving” • Director of World Outside my Shoes www.worldoutsidemyshoes.org

  18. Carl Wilkens:Video • http://www.ushmm.org/genocide/take_action/gallery/portrait/wilkens

  19. The Holocaust

  20. Oskar Schindler:Situation • Owner of an enamelware and ammunitions factory in Kraków, Poland • His workers were 1,000 Jews from the Kraków Ghetto • AmonGöth was the commandant of Płaszów concentration camp and liquidated the Kraków Ghetto

  21. Oskar Schindler:What did he do? • Treated all the Jews in his factory civilly • He paid off Göth and other leading Nazis to get his workers shipped to his factory from Płaszów everyday to work • He persuaded the SS to let him take his Jewish workers with him to Czechoslovakia to his new factory as his enamelware factory was shut down • If he hadn’t saved them, the Jews would have gone to Auschwitz Liam Neeson in Schindler’s List

  22. Oskar Schindler:What is he doing now? • Schindler fled to Austria and then emigrated to Argentina • He tried to start up several factories but they all failed • He died on October 8, 1974 • He died penniless • He was buried in Israel “where his children are”

  23. Oskar Schindler:Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDumJVv6GP8

  24. Raoul Wallenberg:Situation • Was a businessman in Sweden • Was recruited by a program called the War Refugee Board (WRB) • Franklin D. Roosevelt sent Iver Olsen to Sweden to recruit Swedish Jews to carry out rescue missions • Their job was to rescue Hungarian Jews Franklin D. Roosevelt

  25. Raoul Wallenberg:What did he do? • Gave out fake papers and protective passports to Hungarian Jews so they wouldn’t be deported to Auschwitz • The protective passports said that the person was waiting to go to Sweden and they couldn’t be taken to Auschwitz • Passports weren’t legal but looked official • He climbed on top of a train headed for Auschwitz and started handing passports out through the doors

  26. Raoul Wallenberg:What is he doing now? • Russians took control of Budapest • Wallenberg was arrested and disappeared • It was reported in 1947 that Wallenberg and his driver were killed by the Gestapo • In 2000 it was reported that Wallenberg was executed while in prison London Israel

  27. Raoul Wallenberg:Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etptIcBbDgc&feature=related

  28. TuviaBielski:Situation • WWI soldier on Germany’s side • Served in the Polish Army in 1927 • He fled back to Stankiewicze when the Nazi’s invaded • His parents, two brothers and other family members were murdered by the Nazis • His brothers Zus and Asael fled with him into the Naliboków forest Asael Zus Tuvia

  29. TuviaBielski:What did he do? • Tuvia and his brothers met other Jews who had fled into the forest and made a Partisan group • He rescued Jews from ghettos • They waged many successful attacks against the Nazis • Saved over 100 Jews from the Iwie ghetto just before the Germans liquidated it • Built a functioning village in the forest Daniel Craig in Defiance

  30. TuviaBielski:What is he doing now? • Went to Israel after the war • Came to America in 1955 for medical treatment • Ended up staying in Brooklyn and running a trucking company with Zus • He died in 1987 • In 1988 he was re-buried in Jerusalem • He was give full Israeli military honour guard

  31. TuviaBielski:Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNESa2qeS4g&feature=relmfu

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