During WWII, many people risked their lives to hide Jewish people they either did not know or did not know very well. Could you, the person you are today, do that if you had been alive back then?
Keep in mind:
Hiding a Jewish person involved more than just hiding them--you had to provide for all their needs in a world where everything from clothing to potatoes was rationed;
Anyone around you might suspect your secret and might turn you in for the bounty on Jews in hiding;
Being turned in usually resulted in at least jail time, but frequently resulted in deportation to a concentration camp, and many people, regardless of their reason for being there, did not survive their time in the camps.
Could you risk everything-- your family, your job, your good name, even your life, to save someone you barely know?
Please consider it carefully before you answer, and please answer as honestly as possible.
Thanks.
2007-01-20
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