Do we all have it in us? Would you as a Pole in 1940s Poland, who like as not had been 'educated' in the horrendous evil of Jews by your church - would you ignore Nazi death threats and countless opportunities for the wrong thing to be said, for the truth to be let out, for betrayal - would you help a Jewish life survive?
To read up on what caused Mandelkern's problems, we suggest [[The Master Plan: Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust by Heather Pringle]].