Some years ago, a little...
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Some years ago, a little known woman named Natalie died in St. Louis. She had lived in a small village in Poland when the Nazis were rounding up the Jews. One day a young Jew named Michael came to her door, asking for shelter for his family of four. She took them in, hiding them in her attic.
She needed more food and couldn't ask for it at the store, so she planted a garden and raised food. Months went by. One by one, they all left. Only Michael remained. The police came one day, and he slipped out the window and ran for his life. Her secret was out, and she was taken to a concentration camp.
At last the war was over, and Natalie lived for a time in a camp for displaced persons. Then she made her way to America where she lived in obscurity and poverty.
In 1971, Michael began a search for the woman who had saved his life. He traced her to Hamburg, on to America, to St. Louis, to the Polish settlement. And he found her. From that day on, he took care of her, paid her rent, provided her food, and at the last, her nursing care.
Whatever our religion may be, we are brothers and sisters. And the test of our religion is what we will do to help one another.
She needed more food and couldn't ask for it at the store, so she planted a garden and raised food. Months went by. One by one, they all left. Only Michael remained. The police came one day, and he slipped out the window and ran for his life. Her secret was out, and she was taken to a concentration camp.
At last the war was over, and Natalie lived for a time in a camp for displaced persons. Then she made her way to America where she lived in obscurity and poverty.
In 1971, Michael began a search for the woman who had saved his life. He traced her to Hamburg, on to America, to St. Louis, to the Polish settlement. And he found her. From that day on, he took care of her, paid her rent, provided her food, and at the last, her nursing care.
Whatever our religion may be, we are brothers and sisters. And the test of our religion is what we will do to help one another.
