fmabscar:

fmabscar:

i think people should be more aware of the fact that all the regular citizens who helped jewish people escape the country or openly mocked hitler or simply didnt join the military were committing a crime

i often hear people talking about how they would love to help the syrian refugees in europe or do something against trump to help the immigrants but they dont because theyre scared of what others will say about them / because its hard and complicated / because they dont want to get in unnecessary trouble like im absolutely not trying to guilt anyone here but did you really think that working against fascism would be easy or legal in any way? did you think that those germans who hid jewish people or who protested against hitler did so because it was easy and completely safe? of course not but they still did it! they were completely unaffected by hitlers regime and could have lived peacefully (until the war at least) but they sacrificed that and put their lives at danger for the right thing. and despite being traitors they were still treated better in jails and camps than the groups the nazis originally persecuted

so yeah you do have many things to lose – actually less than before bc helping refugees isnt illegal yet – when you actively stand against the norm but looking at the big picture (yknow, helping people survive under a fascist government) it really is a small price to pay