Dear Gilberto,
You wrote: <>If the Nazis asked him where the German Bahais were, he could have just said
"no, I'll never turn them over." and that would have been disobedience. But if he disbanded the Bahais that means he could honestly say that the community didn't officially exist.<>
The Nazis didn't ask the Guardian anything... The German Baha'is sought the Guardian's advice after they were approached by the Gestapo. He then advised the German Baha'is to disband. There was no direct communication between the Nazis and Shoghi Effendi regarding Jewish/Baha'is.
Initial post from Rich here: http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist/m44764.html to refresh your memory. Rich just left out some of the detail when he referred to the incident a second time.
You've asked before about self-defense. This would be an example of defending fellow believers by the act of sacrificing the administrative structure of the Baha'i community in Germany for the protection of particular members -in that historical context.
lovingly, Sandra
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