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As to local aid - see post #31.

Would you risk your life, and your wife/husband's, and your children's - to help someone else?

Maybe you would, maybe you're a natural born hero.

I don't know if I would. I hope so, but I don't know.
I'm really happy, that I don't live in those circumstances and don't have to make such choices.

And so was another myth developed, the Jews were blamed again for Stalin's subjugation of Poland. This myth is still reverberating through the acrimonious discussions on the Internet. Before the war, about 3.5 million Jews lived in Poland. Today, there in Poland no more than 15,000 Jews, out of a population of 38 millions. Although, small in numbers the Jews are noticed in Poland. Their presence is felt in the press, during the elections opponents accuse each other of Jewish origin. Somehow, one has an impression that the Poles feel that they are victimized by . . . the Jews. For example, a taxi driver told me that "All the banks in Poland are owned by Jews. The Jews control everything."
Alexander Kimel

but its not just Poland. Jewish history in Central and Eastern Europe had its ups and downs. Poland was a center of Jewish life for centuries. since the borders of Poland were fluid and re-written so often before WWII, whether one wishes to blame the Russians or others for the persecutions that took place, it still took place. it is impossible to remove the Shoah from the totality of European history as an accident or anomaly. it was indeed the pivotal of 1,000 years of history

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As to local aid - see post #31. Would you risk your life, and your wife/husband's, and your children's - to help someone else? Maybe you would, maybe you're a natural born hero. I am not talking about those forced 'not to help'.

I am speaking about those Poles that deliberately gave out Jews not out of fear but out of hatred, those that lived with them for more than a thousand years, those that laughed & cheered on when the Jews were carried away to the 'one way' point of never return.

However, because of the sacrifice of the few that did save Jews in spite the danger from the Nazis, my hat to THOSE righteous Poles! I don't know if I would, I am happy I am not in this situation, your words, my agreement...