RESCUERS ARE RECONGNIZED

• QUESTION: Rescuers see themselves as “ordinary” people and yet they all did extraordinary things. How might this be explained? Why do you think some people became rescuers doing the Holocaust while most remained bystanders? What moral choices were made by rescuers during the Holocaust (Think about the rescue poster/rescuer you created on Tuesday. http://www.jfr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=sup_country_list has a list of ALL rescuers).

ANSWER: Well to me there is no other way in explaining it, if they are just people like you and I then that would just make them ordinary people doing extraordinary things.There is no way in further explaining it.The way I see it, many people became rescuers during the Holocaust for one simple reason.Their heart reached out to the Jews.They didn’t like how they were being mistreated,so they did their part.Most felt they had to do something to help because of their religious beliefs.On the other hand many of the rescuers were not religious at all they just did it because they felt they had to.That is also the reply of many rescuers I’ve heard of. The actions that the rescuers took by not only setting their lives but also the lives of their entire family shows what it means to be a human. For those who just couldn’t take the chances personally should not be blamed.They had nothing to do with the Jews tragedy and they shouldn’t have to put all they have on the line for it. This is how I think the bystanders felt.