HitRed wrote:Last year I read The Diary of Anne Frank. Wondering how many members would be able to keep in secret 2 families around their home or office? Like in the book supplying: food, clothing and all the other needs. Let's say 6 months.
How many could you supply?
Large enough space (bedrooms, attic, office or warehouse)
Food (3 meals a day)
Money (for all other items)
Secrecy
Security
If gov’t with total control like Nazi’s wanted to track food, especially in the cities, they could do so more easily today with computers. They could issue vouchers for food based on the reported # of people living in the household. In the city and suburban areas it would be hard to get extra food for the people you were trying to hide. You’d have to dig into your own foods supply, which would be harder to sustain.
Space and money would be doable for me... but the tougher part would be making the space private. In Nazi Germany the people helping the jewish families would have fake walls or secret/hidden doors. My house has none of these. Constructing something would take supplies and time, and more importantly skills that I don’t possess. My attic would work, but it’s not secret... easily accessible via a pull down ladder. The first place the SS would look when they come knocking.
I also imagine you could use IR technology to scan for heat signatures.... just have people vacate the house and fly a helicopter over with IR cameras... you’d find hidden people easy if they were in attics, no?
