The penalties varied and were not consistently applied. They ranged from a severe beating up to concentration camp and death.
They would be taken to camps or killed.
They had a list of the names of Jews and some people turned them in if they found out about them hiding.
Jews who did not go into hiding were caught and sent to concentration or death camps.
there hiding from the Germans to keep safe.
Yes, because many people did not want to aid Jews. If it was found out that a non-Jewish person was aiding in the escape/hiding of a Jewish person, it was against the law and therefore those hiding the Jews would either go to jail or get killed. Many would not risk that.
They were taken to the camps to work labor and then to the execution.
In WW2 sometimes Jews could not hide from the Germans. In this instance they would be arrested and sent away to labor camps. Sometimes they got sent to death camps.
they didn't really, most of their work was supplied by informants.
One of the ways was through informers, who were rewarded for reporting Jews in hiding. The Gestopo found citizens. They asked them to turn in any Jews they knew of. The Geheime Staatspolizei would threaten to kill the citizens if they didn't turn in any Jews. Also, they would wander the street at night to see if they could find anyone who seemed suspicious.
Most of the time they were given a reward, but if in small towns they weren't always given a reward. ------------------------------------- I do not know who would give them this reward, but they would often benefit by what the Jews left behind, be it their business, property or just items. Also they would want to show that they were loyal to the regime.
they were in hiding because they were Jews and Hitler was going to kill all the Jews.
They went into hiding in different countries, but the all tried to get away from Germany. The Nazis would send children and all Jews to concentration camps when they found them. The most famous Jewish child from WW2 is Anne Frank wrote a diary during her time in hiding and also at Auschwitz concentration camp. At concentration camps the Germans would make people build things like traintracks, and if they weren't any use, then they would take them into gas chambers. Horridly they told the Jews they were showers. Answer by Mia Woodward