Rescuers 1

Summary: The book Rescuers by Gay Block and Malka Drucker is a book of 49 people who saved the lives of Jews before, during and after the war. The book is separated into different areas where the war was and people told their stories. The first section was about Belgium and people who worked underground. This was hard for not only the victims, but for the rescuers as well...maybe even more so.

Commentary: One rescuers that stuck out to me the most was Johannes DeVries. He begins by saying that him and his wife joked about not doing what they did ever again, when they both knew they would do the same thing over and over no matter what. I found him to be very intriguing and what he did for the Jewish child was amazing. He told his story very well and so did the other rescuers. Many people sold everything they had to help and they are considered to be altruists.