The significance of the parable of the ‘Good Samaritan’ is seen in a profound way as the 41st session of the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem took place in May 16 1961. Provost Dr. Heinrich Gruber of Berlin, a German official who had selflessly aided persecuted Jews and paid for it in a concentration camp, related the following conversation: Eichmann said to me, “What do you care, after all, about the Jews?
They won’t be grateful for your effort. Why, then, all this activity on behalf of the Jews? Since I figured that he, as a former Templer, was familiar with this country (Israel), I replied, “You know the road that leads from Jerusalem to Jericho ? Then I said, “A Jew who had fallen among thieves once lay along this road. Someone who was not a Jew came by and helped. The L-rd, whom I alone listen to, said to me, Go and do likewise. That is my answer.” (Taken from "Brother Jesus" by Schalom Ben-Chorin)
They won’t be grateful for your effort. Why, then, all this activity on behalf of the Jews? Since I figured that he, as a former Templer, was familiar with this country (Israel), I replied, “You know the road that leads from Jerusalem to Jericho ? Then I said, “A Jew who had fallen among thieves once lay along this road. Someone who was not a Jew came by and helped. The L-rd, whom I alone listen to, said to me, Go and do likewise. That is my answer.” (Taken from "Brother Jesus" by Schalom Ben-Chorin)
