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"They thought it would be safe to stay in Austria, but because they were Jewish, they were taken away to the camps where they died. Many people thought it could not happen to them."

Again you lie. Those Jews who could get out of Germany did. Most German Jews who stayed did so because there was nowhere in the world that would accept them. Austria only became part of the Nazi/German empire in 1938 by which time the gates of the entire world were almost closed to Jews trying to flee the disaster that awaited them. That's why so many Austrian Jews were murdered - ditto Poland, France, Holland, Belgium etc. etc. etc.

Trust you to attempt to blame the Jews for their own deaths. Instead you should turn your attentions to the anti-Semitic immigration policies of Canada, Britain and the U.S. that had been instituted at that time. Luck had nothing to do with it. Jew hatred did.

After my grandfather was killed, my grandmother married a Jewish man. This was well into the war. Many escaped in the early to mid 30s when they felt trouble coming.

Others, like my grandmother and step-grandfather escaped when it became too late. They did so by hiding in a cargo ship which came to America where they settled.

There has been a lot of negative material put out over the years claiming all Germans were at fault. This is simply not true and impossible if you really think about it; in every country of the world there are some very kind people with love in their hearts for all people. Many during WW2 did hide Jews, risking their lives. The human nature never changes. Germans are not inherently evil; there are evil ones and some very brave moral ones. You have to remember too that there was a very successful propaganda campaign carried out, and people being what they are, always thinking their nation and their people are right, fall for it. Those who think for themselves and do some research find the truth.

Again you lie

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Trust you to blame the Jews for their own deaths

For anyone to blame the Jews and not the nazis for the extermination campaign against the Jews is absurd, and I said nor implied any such thing as you know. Please open your eyes and your heart.