Would you have provided Beck with the list?

[Mark]

Perhaps one of the most chilling moments in the book is when Vianne provides Captain Beck with a list: Jews. Communists. Homosexuals. Freemasons. Jehovah’s Witnesses. We know now how wrong it was to provide this list, but can you understand why Vianne did it? What do you think you would have done?
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[Mark]

I am a coward, I would have given him the list. I would be ashamed of myself. I am grateful I have never had to make such a choice.

The argument that her responsibility is to her family is valid, but it is not all there is, and it doesn’t go far enough, especially since we are often reminded of her Catholic faith. Vianne giving Beck the list is a betrayal of the people whose names she provided, especially Rachel, her friend. If she had been truly brave, she would have trusted that doing the right thing would work out, hide Sophie, and accept the consequences.

Easy for me to say.