Irene Gut Opdyke Quotes:
Life: May 5, 1922 - May 17, 2003
Birthday: May 5
Death: May 17
You must understand that I did not become a resistance fighter, a smuggler of Jews, a defier of the SS and the Nazis, all at once. One's first steps are always small: I had begun by hiding food under a fence
source: Irene Gut Opdyke, Jennifer Armstrong (2010). “In My Hands”, p.92, Random House
topic: Smugglers, Resistance, Firsts
