My ignorance is showing. People were condemned for hiding the Jews? Who could not at least try to help and still live with one’s conscience?
I am grateful for their courage & selfless humanity whenever I come across the mention of such heroism. One man died recently at age 104 who had saved over 900 children. He was surprised by a group of them in the audience of one of those true life TV shows in the UK. It was very touching.
Absolutely people were condemned for hiding Jews. Not all the public supported the Third Reich, but plenty did.
And it was “the law” after all, to turn them in.
Since 1970 I’ve said that what is legal is not necessarily moral and what is illegal is not necessarily immoral.