5. Paragraph 1 states that "providing shelter to Jews was a crime punishable by death." How does this statement contribute to the development of the ideas in the text? Cite evidence
from the text in your response. (How does the statement help us to understand the events of the
text? *

Most individuals in occupied Europe did not actively collaborate in the Nazi genocide. Nor did they do anything to help Jews and other victims of Nazi policies. Throughout the Holocaust, millions of people silently stood by while they saw Jews, Roma (Gypsies), and other "enemies of the Reich" being rounded up and deported. Many of these bystanders told themselves that what they saw happening was none of their business. Others were too frightened to help. In many places, providing shelter to Jews was a crime punishable by death.

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