Although 85% of the Nether­lands’ Jews per­ished in the Holo­caust, there were many instances of res­cue and resis­tance by brave men and women, Dutch cit­i­zens who risked their lives to save Jew­ish chil­dren. This book explores the very essence of a moral exis­tence through inter­views with ten Dutch resisters. Whether the res­cuers act­ed inde­pen­dent­ly or as part of a group, they had to play many roles. Some were pri­mar­i­ly involved in help­ing to find safe loca­tions for the young peo­ple, then trans­port­ing them to those address­es. Oth­ers made reg­u­lar vis­its to the hous­es where the chil­dren were hid­ing, bring­ing the host fam­i­lies food ration coupons and mon­ey. Some raised the mon­ey or stole the ration coupons from gov­ern­ment offices. Over­all, the res­cuers rarely framed what they did in polit­i­cal terms, though they knew that by sav­ing Jews they were direct­ly oppos­ing the Nazi agen­da. Most were reli­gious peo­ple who resist­ed tyran­ny as an expres­sion of their belief in the teach­ings of their reli­gion, main­ly Protes­tant but also Catholic. The non-reli­gious res­cuers felt that the good we do on earth is its own reward. Both love and duty were involved in the sav­ing of Jew­ish chil­dren. More than 4,000 young lives were saved.