- Global Issues in Context
-Notes from underground; In 1943 a Catholic man kept Jewish families alive in the sewers under Lvov, safe from the Nazis, for more than a year. Now their story has been turned into a movie -- and it's nominated for best foreign film at next week's Oscars. Ariel Leve meets Krystyna Chiger, the only remaining survivor.
-In 1943, Polish Jews took refuge in sewers of Lvov, Poland.
- Survived for 14 months with the help of a Catholic sewer-worker.
- Jews were being forced into concentration camps by 1943.
-The Chiger's ghetto was being liquidated and final liquidation of Lvov Ghetto on May 30th, 1943.
- Many people who decided to leave the sewer were shot by the Ukranian police or the Germans.
- If you were not old enough to be in the army you would join the Hitler Youth.
-In 1945, New Communist government emerged after the liberation and a new wave of anti-Semitism started.
Questions
How was the family not killed by diseases?
Did any of the family members develop PTSD?
Why did the new communist government bring on a new wave of Anti-Semitism?
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