From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 15:34:58 -0600
----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 3:06 PM Subject: Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)
> No, spoken like someone who knows that with most people in such a > situation, their survival instinct kicks in and takes over.
But, Gautam provided plenty of counterexamples in other countries where the Nazis attacked. Examples where people's lives were saved
> So, in your opinion, all those Europeans who *didn't* hide Jews or helped
> them get out of Europe during WW2 were collaborating with the Nazis. Your
> insults just never end, do they?
No, just cowards. That's pretty well the definition, not willing to take even a moderate risk to oneself to prevent great harm to another?
Moderate risk? It was a _major_ risk. A HUGE risk. People who were discovered protecting Jews were treated like Jews. They risked not only their own lives but those of their families. They may have been cowards but I can understand their fear.
Those who 'prevent(ed) great harm' during WW2 were heroes in every sense of the word. It is truly unfortunate that there weren't more of them.
Jon
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