In the book Refugees, the main characters struggle with life as a refugee and are helped by people who are courageous enough to go against their own government to help their fellow man. even though this book was a work of fiction the stories of people helping a group of endangered people from their government is not unheard.  During the second world war the Greek island of Zakynthos there was 275 jews on the island and when the Germans asked to hand over a list of jews the mayor sent a piece of paper only with his name on it. The people of the island hid all 275 jews for the whole war. In 1953, a recode earth quake hut the island and the first sign of support was from the isralie goverment with a message that the Jewish people did not forget the people they saved. Furthermore, in the early 1990's the government of Rwanda enacted a genocide that targeted a sub-culture of the population. during this period there were swarms of vigilantes that would murder people in the streets.

One man named Pual Rusesabagina offered shelter to the victim of the genocide and by the time the war had ended he had saved over 1200 refugees, none of which were ever harmedRwandan genocide . Lastly, there is a famous resistance fighter in France who specilized in the forging of government papers that helped over 14,000 jews. He has been honored i isreal as well as winning 3 of Frances highest metalsThe resistance . looking deeper into these people you begin to understand the extent that people will go to help their fellow human regardless of the personal risk these people overcame.