From what I understood, here is my answer to your question...
This detail contributes to the central ideas of the text because it's mentions that be didn't now the Nazis were trying to slaughter all Jews, and that many Jews probably didn't know either.
In the book ¨ A Holocaust Survivor¨ the detail contribute to central ideas. Because it's mentions that be didn't now the Nazis were trying to slaughter all Jews, and that many Jews probably didn't know either (20). ¨ the Nazis were trying to slaughter all Jews, something he says he and other prisoners learned only after liberation¨.So Mandelbaum say he didnt know what was going on until next morning(20)¨“We didn’t know anything, only
on the morning when we woke up and the Nazi Mag wasn’t There and the guards weren’t there.” So Mandelbaum grabbed a horse and left as fast he can.Explanation:
Answer: If it causes you or anyone else harm including that person themselves. Also in some circumstances if it will only do good and you know for sure things can not go wrong