Chaim+Kaplan

__Chaim Kaplan, A Holocaust Hero__

Chaim/Haim Kaplan was famous for his diary entries in WWII. He was born in 1880 in Gorodishche, Belorussia. He founded and was a principal of a Hebrew elementary school in Warsaw. He stayed like this for 40 years! Sheesh! He strictly taught Hebrew, and to help his teachings he published many Hebrew textbooks.In 1936, Kaplan visited Israel, in hope of settling there with his two children, which of whom already emigrated there. Unfortunately, there were no spots available and he had to return to Warsaw. During that time he had published a book called Pezurai. It was filled with essays and other writings from his 40 years of teaching. Kaplan started a personal diary in 1933 to help him with his mission of WWII. In 1942, he knew that he would be a goner soon, so he gave his diary to a friend. There is no entry after that time, so history believes he was killed.