The Great Aristotle said “we are what we repeatedly do.” For example a lot of college students didn't know about all the rescuers and what happened during the Holocaust. Rescuers are good people who saved Jews from dying. They save these people from the Nazis, even with the consequences, and they risked there life to save Jews from the Nazis. Even some died and they would be considered legends. Just like Miep Gies she was helping Anne Frank's family and another in a small home, and they didn't have a lot of food. Her and her husband risked their lives for these Jews. In fact, rescuers risked their lives to save many Jews from the Nazis, knowing that if they were found they would get killed.
During the Holocaust there were people who risked their lives to save another Jew's life. They would hide them in different places like some would hide them in there pharmacy, churches, and even somewhere in their homes. A family hid 37 Jews in there pharmacy they knew if the Nazis found out they would get killed. There was 20,000 Jews Hiding from the Nazis. People like Miep Gies were heroes because they were risking their lives for Jews. Miep was hiding Anne Frank and her family and another family. In France they sheltered between 3,000 and 5,000 refugees, and most of them are Jews.
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There is plenty of Jews getting saved during that time. They knew that they would get killed if they get caught by any Nazis soldiers. They were putting their lives in front of someone else's. They new it was wrong for them getting taken to the ghettos, concentration, and getting killed. I know now that there is many rescuers who were very noble to save Jews. It's like how people are trying to help illegal immigrants from getting deported. It is the same thing how during the Holocaust when they were trying to save Jews to not get killed in the death camps. Rescuers put their life in danger to save the Jews, and they knew what their consequence