Iron Man has Nothing on These Heroes

We run to the theaters in mass to watch movies about larger than life fictional action heroes, yet we minimize the real life heroes in our midst.  Real people, whose heroics surpass the fake magnificence of those portrayed on the big screen.  We should be guiding our children toward the real heroes of history.  These are the men and women we want to teach our children to emulate, men and women who placed their lives in danger for others: stories of Corrie ten Boom and Oskar Schindler, real flesh and blood heroes, who stood against the villainous injustices and monstrous persecutions of dictators, Kings, and governments.  Some of our heroes have nurtured, hidden and cared for the weak and down trodden, while others have helped men, women and children escape to the safety of a new world.

The stories of these brave men and women can be found in such books as The Hiding Place  and Schindler’s List .  Some bibliographies are featured in Mark Klempner’s book, The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage published by The Pilgrim Press.  http://www.hearthasreasons.com/index.php