A Shock Indeed Mayor Smith

Ilona Pawlowski
142-3153 Paris Street,
Penticton, B.C.
V2A 8P1

February 10, 2011

John Smith
Mayor
City Hall 568 Main Street
Small Village, B.C.

Dear Mr. Smith:

 What you have uncovered is defiantly something to consider. Mr. Smith, you have asked me for advice before but you can't only take my advice with a situation like this. I will tell you what I believe is the right thing to do with the evidence you have found. But I'm not the Mayor like you are, so you will need to think this over.
 One thing you have to deliberate is all the activities Gunter Grass has done in his life time. So you say that he was a commandant of a Nazi concentration camp. I don't think anyone who was a Nazi would do so many good things for this village to be honest. Gunter has done so many tremendous things for our village it would be very difficult to do something to hurt him, and his people. The factory he has built has given our village a lot of jobs and income. He has really shaped our village and If we reveal this damaging evidence, who knows what would happen. Maybe even Riots. What I think you should do is distinguish the evidence. Everyone has done awful things in their past and many try to make up for whatever they've done wrong. With Gunter I believe he has learnt from his mistakes like so many other people have in their life time. Another reason I think you should just destroy the evidence is he is clearly very old. Even if you share evidence with the police and he gets sent to jail, He will only be in their for a short period of time since he is nearly dead.
 Many Nazi were simply brain washed into thinking Jewish people were a problem. Times have past and people have changed. I don't think putting him in jail will matter since he might already know what he has done wrong. Think about all the drama you would cause in this village if you release information. I believe many people would even wreck the factory he built. If the villagers do that, then our village will be back to where we started. Mr. Smith this is your decision but what I truly think you should do is to terminate the evidence. It will be better for the people , for him , and for our village.


Sincerely,

Ilona Pawlowski