Program 002 - The Help Story

06/12/20 • 24 min

Jewish Death Camp prisoners assigned by the SS to meet Jews as they first arrived by train. Expected to quickly collect the luggage of the new arrivals and remove dead bodies out of the cattle cars, the prisoners were under strict orders not to communicate in any way with the discharged passengers. Facing execution if caught, some of the prisoners defied orders and passed along life-saving advice. This is their story.

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The United States has a history of helping refugees; most migration to the English colonies consisted of people fleeing oppression, and the United States continues to provide refugees with some help today. Yet, throughout its history, the country has also often denied refuge to desperate people fleeing persecution and conflict. We examine the refugee crisis through two parallel stories from the past and present.

Practical Reason - Program 002 - The Help Story

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The Help Story - Transcript

Introduction: EPF Media presents Practical Reason. Stories that are unfamiliar or worth or worthy of reexamination. On this program, non-militant resistance that raised hope and saved lives. The Help Story.

You're listening to Art Shostak. I'm an Emeritus Professor of Sociology and I enjoy living with my wife, out here in Alameda, California, where I continue my research into the good behavior of good people who declined to accept the de