This is part of the problem with the Nazi issue: it forces us to look at our own moral integrity. Because I’m inclined to think the best of people, the first thing I think when I hear of a former Nazi official who has tried to get on with his life is that he must have gone along with the National Socialists in order to protect himself and his family. Not everyone who did this managed to be a Schindler. Presumably many, if not most, went along and laid low and did what they were told in order to live out the day. When we learn about these people, and compare them to those who died for actively disagreeing with the party in power, we turn the question to ourselves. Would I have been able to stand up and say that I knew Hitler was a bad man, and that what was happening in my country was wrong? Or would I lie low and do what I was told and live out the day?