By Yerachmiel Tilles
 | "Take these and run to Haumshalagplatz. Run! Tell the kapos that your
daughter is among the captured. This is an unwritten law among us -- no
snatching of policemen's children"
9 Comments Posted
"Only you am I permitted to sacrifice. Not someone else’s."
can you clarify that? what does it mean that he is permitted to sacrifice his own?
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I'd like clarification too--what is the meaning of the story? Perhaps it's better for his own child to go to a certain death rather than snatch another child for a similar fate?
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Response to above two comments:
"Better!??" How can such a thing be called better?
"Sacrifice his own child!??" Of course he cannot.
But what he felt he could not to, even at the cost of such a terrible price, is to risk the life of someone's child in order to save his own.
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Oh, my. If only this story had a happy ending, but how could it? About the only 'good' things are Perlstein's compassion, and Yisroel's nobility in his decision--the only decision a righteous man could make. Over 60 years after this happened, the tale still has the power to move one to tears. Do you know what ever happened to the parents? And I'd really like to know whether the mother went along with it. Not 'did she regret it?' No kidding! But would she have decided the same as her husband? If not, could she ever forgive him?
I am always amazed that more Jews were not driven mad by such things.
Thank you for telling us about it.
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better to save a life, any life then to allow all to be slautered. this story is above and beyond my understanding. i dont approve nor understand that way of thinking.
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Did he save his child in the end or not?
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So so sad! But maybe there is a lesson in this.
When one wants to go to a higher level, one can sacrifice his own desires. But one cannot demand of others to sacrifice themselves.. it must be a personal thing. Don't know how well it relates to the story though!
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How could he save the life of his child if doing so meant being responsible for the murder of another? All human lives are equally valuable!
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