> 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.
But, didn't the Danish protect most of their Jews?
But how many Jews *in absolute numbers* were saved/rescued/protected in the various European countries? FREX, Denmark is a considerably smaller country (in both population and square kilometers) then France; 10,000 Jews in Denmark would be a higher percentage of the population than 20,000 Jews in France.
And, I quickly looked at the Anne Frank website where I obtained:
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During the hiding period Anne Frank kept a diary. In it she described daily life in the back anexe, the isolation and the fear of discovery. Anne's diary survived the war: after the betrayal it was found by Miep Gies, one of the helpers. When it was confirmed that Anne would not be returning, Miep gave the manuscripts to Otto Frank. In 1947 the first Dutch edition appeared. Since then the diary has been published in more then 55 languages.
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It seems that the helpers were not sent to concentration camps.
That is correct. Two of them (Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl) weren't in the house when the residents were arrested. The other two (Johannes Kleiman and Victor Kugler) were arrested; Kleiman however fell ill and was sent home, Kugler managed to escape during an air raid.
Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk
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