who showed heroism

Yes Gitl is a hero. Gitl works in the sorting shed, where prisoner belongings are sorted and sent to Germany. It is also where men and women can speak freely and information can be exchanged between the two camps. That night Gitl tells the women of what she has learned and gives Chaya a blue scarf she “organized” from the shed. It is Chaya's birthday. Hannah says that her birthday is in February, but Gitl dismisses this and recalls the day Chaya was born.