My non-Jewish relatives who stayed in Germany who did work against the government did not survive.

What good did my great-uncle do, as a pacifist and a socialist, other than get crushed under the heel of the fascist boot?

Then again, another (Jewish) relative got out of Auschwitz because his gentile friends agitated, got the Nazis to release him. He subsequently escaped to Portugal. Similarly, my grandparents, before they made their own escape, facilitated a Jewish friend’s flight to Switzerland and then to Peru.

Perhaps it’s at this level, to help individuals, that we can be the most effective. If you are like my great-uncle, you are simply cannon-fodder. General political action may get you nowhere. Helping one person at the risk of your own neck may save that person’s life.

Hm.