A man named chio richman escaped the troblinka concentration camp in 19 forty three. He was part of a group that set fire to the camp and he slipped out inthe chaos, which put him and a small band of other escapes in the middle of nose occupied and fugitives huddling in a forest. Richman decided that their best hope of survival was to walk to warsaw, which was more than 50 miles away. A woman and her husband let him sleep under their bed. Some one else had a fallen down shack where richman stayed for a bit. Someone knew of an empty apartment in warsaw and let him stay there. Gaining strength, he left them
Malcolm tells the story of how his parents and their friends sponsored three Vietnamese refugees, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. And wonders: do we underestimate the value of ordinary acts of kindness?
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