Carl Lutz's Letter of Protection
(Public Domain)
What happens when an allegedly “good” kid posts “a detailed plan” to gun down worshippers at a synagogue?
After pleading “true” to this charge in juvenile court, the youth was ordered to attend therapy, to be on probation for one year, to refrain “from using the internet without adult supervision,” and to write a book report about Carl Lutz.
Lutz was a Swiss diplomat who had been stationed in what was then Mandatory Palestine. While there, he witnessed the mob lynching of “an unarmed Jew.” This may well have inspired him to save the lives of more than 62,000 Jews during World War II.
Will summarizing Lutz's heroics change the trajectory of an impressionable youth’s life? Or will it merely be one more bump on the road to nowhere?
Resources
https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-12-19-teen-who-planned-mass-shooting-at-synagogue-ordered-to-write-a-book report/?mid=1203081&rid=98364581&sc=email&pname=newsletter&cid=NATIONAL&keyid=National%20iHeart%20Daily%20NewsTalk&campid=headline2_readmore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Lutz
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