From the Washington Post:
Heroes aren't born, they're made. …And Kristen Monroe, a political scientist at the University of California, Irvine, reported that those who rescued people who were persecuted during World War II were more inclined to feel close to all their fellow humans – not just those belonging to a particular race, religion or group. They saw humanity almost as a large extended family, and that outlook helped compel them to act when they saw people in distress.

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