The whole story just blew me away. Her and Willem motivations, beyond just trying to survive under Nazi rule as lesbian and gay people, their desire to fight back, help others and prove all the stereotypes they faced (then, and sadly, still now). Her not being able do "men's" jobs, him wanting to disprove the disgusting trope that gay men are all cowards. True heroes in my book.
As for current times, although I agree that current upsurges in persecution have some very disturbing parallels w/ events leading up to WWII, I firmly believe that the dial has decisively moved w/ regards to the large majority of people having decided that they really don't give a shit about whether someone, regardless of their gender, loves a man, woman or anything in-between, and understand that we're really all much more gender and sexually fluid than the bronze age cultures behind most modern religions believed. This is especially true among younger people and those from urban areas, though, like many of us here, I happen to defy that characterization on both counts
I think what we're seeing now is mostly backlash from that swing among a loud, obnoxious and aging minority. If we connect, organize and take inspiration from stories like this, hopefully we weather any storms that come.
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