The actions of those rescuers who identified emotionally with the victims. on the other hand. often sprang from strong personal attachments or from empathy based on the rescuers own vulnerability to persecution. In some instances. a child. a spouse. or a sibling of the rescuer had been persecuted. A Ukrainian immigrant. whose inlaws hid Jews. says "it was easy to understand what the Jews felt because the Jews and Ukrainians were in similar positions everywhere." No matter what motivated these individuals. the stories all echo the traumatic nature of their roles. The rescuers and the victims all shared an uncommon preserverance. Living under constant threat of exposure and death these people held fast to their convictions in aiding the Jews.
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