de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception
Stella
Kubler was born of Jewish parents, and married a Jewish man. When the
second World War broke out, her parents tried to flee Germany, but they
were unable to escape. In 1943, Stella and her parents were arrested by the
Gestapo. It was at this point that Stella struck an unusual
deal with the Gestapo.
Stella agreed to use her knowledge of people in the Jewish community to
find persons pretending that not to be Jewish. The reason
for Stella's actions on the Gestapo's behalf was her belief that the
Gestapo wouldn't send her, her parents, or her husband to a
concentration camp as long as she was able to find Jews in hiding. The
Nazi's referred to Stella as 'blonde poison'.
Stella, according to records, found between 600 and
3000 Jewish people and turned them into the Gestapo. The Gestapo
inevitably placed her parents in a concentration camp, where they were
killed, but Stella continued to turn in hiding Jewish people.
When the war ended, Stella spent 10 years in a Soviet prison for her
crimes. Upon release, she lived in West Germany. Over the years,
her actions during World War II took a tremendous toll on her mental
stability, she suffered from depression and extensive loneliness. In
1994, the guilt was too much, and Stella committed suicide by jumping from a window.
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