Question

most of all, i wanted to make sure nothing happened to my mother. we were always able to hide her. she must have lived in 20 to 30 different apartments, always running from one to the next, always hidden by other people. the last place i lived was on the kurfürstendamm. hitler’s chief interpreter also lived in our building. his girlfriend lived on the same floor i did, and after every bombing attack, he came to see if she was still alive. he would also warn us in the event any deportation of jews was planned, so that i had time to get my mother out of sight. anyone caught hiding jews was sentenced to death.
—voices from the third reich, johannes steinhoff et al., 1994
which inference about hitler’s interpreter does this excerpt support?
○ he could not be trusted with dorothea’s secret.
○ he was also jewish and in hiding from the germans.
○ he knew nothing about the practice of deporting jewish people.
○ he was willing to risk his life to help dorothea and her mother.

Explanation:

• Analyze Option 1: The text says he warned them about deportations, so he could be trusted, eliminating this.
• Analyze Option 2: There's no info suggesting he was Jewish or in hiding, so this is incorrect.
• Analyze Option 3: As Hitler’s interpreter, he likely knew about deporting Jews, so this is wrong.
• Analyze Option 4: He warned about deportations (risking death, as hiding Jews was punishable by death) to help them hide, showing he risked his life.

Answer:

D. He was willing to risk his life to help Dorothea and her mother.