In 1967 Martha Wiroth spoke extensively with the American sociologist Manfred Wolfson about the motivation for her “forbidden help”. She came from a poor family but her parents impressed upon her values such as justice, socialistic ideas and “the good heart” in people. She saw through the Nazi’s intentions against the Jews very early and talked about the fact that “their goal is to confiscate everything from the Jews and then get rid of them”, what eventually led to the first summons in 1938.
See: Kosmala, Beate/Ludwig-Kedmi, Revital:
Verbotene Hilfe, Zürich und Donauwörth 2003;
audio document in the Gedenkstätte Deutscher
Widerstand Berlin; Petra Bonavita: Mit falschem
Pass und Zyankali, Stuttgart 2009, pages 120/121.