Help and Rescue

I agree that the terms “help and rescue¨ are indeed, two different things. The difference between help and rescue, is that help is something that you give to someone. For example, from dictionary.reference.com it says that, ¨to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist:¨ You could say that the words help and rescue could be similar meaning to the word rescue, but it’s not the same. Rescue in my opinion means that you go and give HELP, but you don't exactly help him. You get him away from danger to try to rescue him. In the context of the Holocaust, I understand these differences by remembering that when you help someone, you help them with any kind of food, clothing, and maybe even shelter in the ghettos or camps. Rescue is basically what the U.S. and the Russians did when they liberated Jews from the camps. A specific time I would say that help was needed rather than rescue was when Jews and others were in camps starving to death. To some of them, food was needed way more than rescue because they couldn't handle the starvation or the thirstiness. I would say that some of the people that helped the individuals could be heroes. For example,Miep Gies hid Anne Frank during the war. Miep helped Anne and her family her survive part of the war, but she didn't rescue her. Miep helped her hide from the Nazis, but eventually the Nazis found Anne and her family and she eventually died in a camp. To conclude, help and rescue are two different things. I would characterize Miep Gies as a hero of helping Anne Frank and her family.