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Leopold Socha
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Leopold Socha
Poland
A rescue in the sewers
By: Kayleigh Green and Alison Clarke
The Rescue (Cont.)
The sewers became the Jewish hideout, and Socha and his wife as well as Wroblewski helped the Jews everyday. Doing this brought many challenges to the Socha's and Stefan, like money loss (because of food), and a chance of getting caught, but this didn't stop the family and friend from helping people. They started to pay with their own money, from their own pockets.
Conditions
The Rescue
The conditions of the resucue plan were very difficult. Jews had to pay the Socha's and Stefan Wroblewski, but soon their money ran out, which led them to having to pay for the Jews themselves. One of the people they were helping was in the last month of pregnancy and the conditions caused her baby to die and her eldery grandmother. The canals were very tight and crowded, and sleeping wasn't very
comfortable.
This represents money, that the Jews had to pay the Socha's.
This is were working in the Sewage Department helped Leopold a lot during his rescue. Leopold decided to rescue about 20 Jews. He incorporated Stefan Wroblewski, a pole, in his plan, becauase Stefan worked in the sewers with him. One night when Socha was working, he saw some Jews thta were that were walking towards the water. He saved them by saying there were police waitng for them and offered to let them stay in the sewers, with him until things got a little bit better.
Background
Conclusion
The Socha's were a very brave and caring family, who would risk their own lives and money to save others. The people were very grateful and were thankful for what they did for them and what they risked. We chose Leopold Socha because he was very inspiring. Jews didn't even ask for him to help them, he did it out of his kindness.
Leopold worked as a laborer in the Sewage System, this worked to his advatage in his rescue plans. He lived in a neighborhood named Lwow, which wasn't one of the wealthiest places. When the Germans came to Lwow and took over, he became friends with some of the Jews and decided to help them survive.
This is a quote from Anne Frank, showing that you can still find hope and make the most of hard times.
This is Lwow, Poland, where Leopold Socha lived.
Resouces
- Yad Vashem, Y. (2014). Rescue in the Sewers Leopold & Magdalena Socha Poland. In The Righteous among Nations . Retrieved April 23, 2014, from http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/stories/socha.asp