my great aunt was 15 years old when the nazi’s took her/my great-grandmothers family to the camps. she was a beautiful and quiet girl and one of the important nazi commondmants (in charge) was instantly attracted to her. he promised her that whichever family members were in that camp would be well protected by him and his power if she would agree to live with him in his house or room on the edge of the killing fields. she agreed and the family was protected and given extra garbage to eat and slightly better fitting clothing and shoes to wear and not made to over work on shabbos and yom tov. after the war, he was killed and she and the family were placed on a train to a DP camp. she was only 18 years old and though her actions saved the family, she could not live with knowing what she had done with a nazi and she jumped out of the first train car as the train was picking up speed. she died, still al kiddush Hashem. we have not publicized the story so as not to shame her but i feel that we honor her strength and courage and love by sharing her story
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