Wow! So much more powerful than any act of violence. Such a beautiful witness to the Kingdom.

Reading more about this, it sounds like the tweet is wrong in that the mayor also refused, and his and the Bishop's names were the only two in the list. They hid and saved the entire Jewish population of the island.

Reminds me of the story of Archbishop Damaskinos. When he published a letter protesting the deportation of Greek Jews the local SS commander threatened him with a firing squad. He replied "according to the tradition of our church, prelates are hanged, not shot. Please respect our traditions!"

He and his priests forged thousands of baptismal certificates for Jews.

I always want to cry when I read stuff like this because I would hope that I would act the same..but I really doubt I'd have the courage.