Survivors Testimonies of the Holocaust

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OCR: In Germany and German i-occupied Europe many non Jews sympathized with the plight of Jews under Nazi controi. However because the punishment for assisting Jews was imprisonment (or, in Poiand. death) most people PinoM not endanger themseives or their families by public acts of support. Whiie a iimited number of rescuers saved Jews by secretiy hiding them or heiping t0 smuggle them out danger counti less others demonstrated their opposition to the regime through acts of kindness. These people privately and often anonymously provided a secret meal blanket, or just moment's encouragement small things which sometimes made possibie for a persecuted persor to survive pubiic limited smuggie countiess oppositior peopie providec ouragement smail