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Irene Gut Opdyke

Published on Nov 21, 2015

Irene Gut Opdyke

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Irene GUt opdyke

Holocaust Heroine      

The Polish underground

  • She had joined the Polish Underground when she was only 17.
  • She had been working as a nurse when the Germans had invaded Poland
  • Soldiers were asking doctors and nurses to join.

She was caught when she was left to keep guard during one of the more dangerous missions they had been sent on.

Major Rugemer then asked her to be his house keeper.

She then HId 12 Jewish people in his basement

After the Holocaust Ended, she wrote a book.

It was later turned into a play and a movie.