She was young, Jewish, and desperate to survive. In Nazi Berlin, Stella Goldschlag made a terrifying choice: to collaborate with the Gestapo and turn in fellow Jews hiding from deportation. This episode unpacks the disturbing true story of a Holocaust survivor who became one of its most infamous collaborators, and asks the haunting question: What would you do to survive? 

Big Ideas

1. During WWII, the Gestapo hired Jews to help capture other Jews who were in hiding.
2. Stella Goldschlag helped the Nazis find over 600 of her fellow Jews who were in hiding during the Holocaust.
3. When put under intense pressure, people can choose to do unthinkable things.

Essential Questions

1. What causes individuals to turn on their own people?
2. How can people develop empathy for those who choose to do severely immoral things, and is such empathy deserved?
3. How are individuals who engage in betrayal viewed by others?