Standing up for a Jew in 1930’s Germany was a bad idea. In Germany in 1933 if you stood for Jews in most cases you would be in trouble. There was a punishment no matter what. The severity differed. The judge who helped Herr Schneider out of the notice for his apartment. The Judge stood up for Herr Schneider, which would’ve been very rare if he had gotten a different judge. Thanks to the Judge Herr Schneider could keep living in his house with Han’s family. This Judge took his stand for Herr Schneider in 1933, the year Hitler took his reign. This man was willing to stand up, Hitler hadn’t totally instated his hatred for Jews and therefore he had some leeway. Another reason is, the judge might have just been an honest man trying to defend a poor
