Why Do Jewish Rescuers

Rescuers; people who helped others despite the personal risk that came with this act, and fought hard to protect the Jewish people. Some may think these people held power, or maybe even had a lot of money. But, these people were just ordinary people who became extraordinary by staying true to their beliefs. This is what motivated these rescuers, they knew what the society was being fed was immoral and they stood for their beliefs and helped. Though the amount of rescuers may have been small, these people were genuine. There were various reasons as to why people chose to rescue. Some were motivated because they had a certain relationship with them, they were there friends and family. Some were politically driven, others were doctors and nurses and continued
But, they chose to help anyway, to not listen to the things they had to say about the Jews. When asked what the rescuers had in common I think it was just a sense of humanity. These people knew if they were caught in their crusade to save these Jews that there would be no gain. So, the thing that all of the people who helped rescue and save so many Jews was humanity. They had morals and knew what was happening was not and would never be okay. Now there were definitely differences among the rescuers. Anytime there is a group of people, there are differences all within that group, That was no exception here, though most were driven by their humanity, others were driven for other reasons. Some were driven through politics, their opposition towards the Third Reich. Like I stated earlier, some were motivated by their relationship with that person. These people that were their friends were being treated like a pest, something nobody wanted and they needed to help their friend. So though they all had one thing in mind, to save the Jews, not everyone’s motives were the same. These people all did these things for no reward, no money, nothing, just to simply care for these people when it seemed as if nobody else