You must understand that I did not become a resistance fighter, a smuggler of jews, a defier of the ss and the nazis all at once. One's first steps are always small: I had begun by hiding food under a fence." Through thi...You must understand that I did not become a resistance fighter, a smuggler of jews, a defier of the ss and the nazis all at once. One's first steps are always small: I had begun by hiding food under a fence." Through this intimate and compelling memoir, we are witness to the growth of a hero.