An Israeli born ex-neighbor of mine had two parents who had been in the camps. Reflecting on Hitler, he said he had been told, "Sure, we knew it was going to be bad when Hitler was elected. But, we've seen bad periods before. What's he going to do? Kill us all?"
An Israeli born ex-neighbor of mine had two parents who had been in the camps. Reflecting on Hitler, he said he had been told, “Sure, we knew it was going to be bad when Hitler was elected. But, we’ve seen bad periods before. What’s he going to do? Kill us all?”
I knew a couple who was in Germany early on and managed to leave before the round ups began and they told me many German Jews thought they could ride out the storm and reason with Hitler....Go along to get along so to speak plus Hitler’s own party had Jews in its ranks but not discussed openly.