There are so many stories of heroism from WW II. Terrible times produce great as well as terrible people, I suppose.

Originally shared by Self-Rescuing Princess Society

Sigrid Schultz – the dragon from Chicago

How have I never heard of Sigrid Schultz before? Here was a trailblazing reporter who rose to the position of chief correspondent for Central Europe, making her America’s first woman bureau chief at a foreign desk, and who refused to be silenced by the Nazis at the most dangerous time. I cannot believe that I hadn’t heard of this amazing woman until earlier this week!

She stayed in Germany throughout the 1930s and the lead-up to WW2, filing reports about concentration camps, government assaults on churches and other institutions, telling the truth about increasing persecution of Germany’s Jews, warning about dangerous alliances with other countries, and otherwise trying to convince the world of the atrocities she was witnessing, all while facing both the dangers of being a reporter on the ground and dealing with an uninterested public back home.

I think it’s natural to wonder what we’d do in these kinds of terrible challenges. I sincerely hope I would find the strength to be as fearless as Sigrid Schultz. What a truly remarkable, inspirational woman!

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