Personal Narrative: My Interview With Nazi Germany

Assuming this scenario takes place in modern times, I am prepared to help as best I can without putting myself at risk. The given situation has clear parallels to that of Nazi Germany, where religious and ethnic minorities faces massive persecution by the authoritarian government, culminating in most heinous a genocide to ever occur in human history. It would seem that in the scenario history is repeating itself.

In the situation, I would VERY STRONGLY advise that David flee the country, and I would be willing to provide any necessary resources he needs to escape with his family, so long as it did not incriminate or put my family at risk. Since my business is reasonably successful, I likely have some money stored away in a savings account

or in a safe. I would offer the money to David so that he might have the money for him to escape the country by whatever means necessary. This money could be used to pay someone to take him across the border, to pay for expenses while he is fleeing or once he has escaped. Since this situation is likely life-or-death, I would be willing to offer him as much as we have available.

I would also be willing to provide more resources. For example, if David did not have a car, he could use mine to escape. While it is true that a car is a major asset to any family, our business does not require much driving since we live above our shop, human lives are more important than convenience. This situation, though is bordering on incriminating to my family, and we would likely have to set up a situation in which it looked like our car was stolen so as to have plausible deniability to the likely genocidal government.

Unfortunately, there are limits to the support I could provide to help David and his family. I would not be willing to let them hide in my house, nor would I be willing to directly help them escape by going with them or ferrying them across the border or anything of the sort.. As a father I would have a responsibility to protect my family, and I would not be willing to risk my own or their lives by potentially incriminating myself to a government that kills undesirable citizens.

Overall, I would provide as much support as I could without putting my family at immediate risk. David and his family would, unfortunately, have to work alone in whatever plan they have to survive the likely genocide, but hopefully the resource support could be enough that they could survive unharmed.