An Argumentative Essay On Irene Opdyke
Kayla Shepherd
Mrs.Ward
English 8
18 November 2015
The Life of Irene Opdyke Is it ever ok to break the law to help friends? That is exactly what Irene Gut Opdyke did. During the Holocaust Irene helped save many Jewish families. Irene lived a courageous live, and today is known as a hero to many people around the world. Irene was born on May 5, 1922. She was just one of the five girls in her house (“Irene Opdyke”). She spent her teenage years living in Kozlowa Gora, a Polish area, only six kilometers from the German border. Even though she lived in a Polish area, many of her neighbors were German or of German descent. Irene originally wanted to become a nun, because of their passion of service. Tatu (whose identity was not clarified in …show more content…
In New York she met a man who had interviewed her years before. He asked her out to dinner and two and a half months later they were married. A year letter they had a baby girl. At this time Irene started working as an interior designer (Rescuer). Irene Gut Opdyke died when she was eight-one in California (“Irene Opdyke”). Irene was kind hearted and put other people before herself. One day her husband brought home a blind lady named Vivian Bennett. Vivian did not have a family so, for the next fourteen years Irene and her husband helped her out. Vivian helped Irene write her book, but did not finish it because she became ill and died. Irene has also won many awards for her courage during the Holocaust(Rescuers). In 1982 Irene was able to go to Israel, where she had a tree planted in her honor Yad Vashem Memorial. She was named one of the “Righteous of All Nations” for her audacious acts(The Miracle Worker). This gained tons of publicity, and because of it her family found out that she was still alive. After many years of not seeing her family, Irene was able to go back to Poland and visit them. Irene never really wanted to talk about what happened during the Holocaust, until one day she heard a neo- Nazi say that the Holocaust never happened. This made Irene believe that it was time to start telling people about what she saw and experienced during the Holocaust. She speaks to people around the U.S. and in other
Mrs.Ward
English 8
18 November 2015
The Life of Irene Opdyke Is it ever ok to break the law to help friends? That is exactly what Irene Gut Opdyke did. During the Holocaust Irene helped save many Jewish families. Irene lived a courageous live, and today is known as a hero to many people around the world. Irene was born on May 5, 1922. She was just one of the five girls in her house (“Irene Opdyke”). She spent her teenage years living in Kozlowa Gora, a Polish area, only six kilometers from the German border. Even though she lived in a Polish area, many of her neighbors were German or of German descent. Irene originally wanted to become a nun, because of their passion of service. Tatu (whose identity was not clarified in …show more content…
In New York she met a man who had interviewed her years before. He asked her out to dinner and two and a half months later they were married. A year letter they had a baby girl. At this time Irene started working as an interior designer (Rescuer). Irene Gut Opdyke died when she was eight-one in California (“Irene Opdyke”). Irene was kind hearted and put other people before herself. One day her husband brought home a blind lady named Vivian Bennett. Vivian did not have a family so, for the next fourteen years Irene and her husband helped her out. Vivian helped Irene write her book, but did not finish it because she became ill and died. Irene has also won many awards for her courage during the Holocaust(Rescuers). In 1982 Irene was able to go to Israel, where she had a tree planted in her honor Yad Vashem Memorial. She was named one of the “Righteous of All Nations” for her audacious acts(The Miracle Worker). This gained tons of publicity, and because of it her family found out that she was still alive. After many years of not seeing her family, Irene was able to go back to Poland and visit them. Irene never really wanted to talk about what happened during the Holocaust, until one day she heard a neo- Nazi say that the Holocaust never happened. This made Irene believe that it was time to start telling people about what she saw and experienced during the Holocaust. She speaks to people around the U.S. and in other