BS! They were GERMANS. It hadn't really been that many years since the holocaust. What makes you think they gave a shit about a handful of Jews?
I remember watching that as a kid, and my father pointing out the total lack of concern and ineptness on full display. All the krauts did was watch.
(and eventually did a half-assed “rescue”mission.) I got so steamed up I left that off. How many “rescuers” died in that mission?