People, by and large, do the best they can to play the hand they were dealt. They have fortitude. They show courage and good spirits in the face of adversity.
There are exceptions -- losers who never grow up, who whine and complain, who demand that the world wait on them hand and foot. We call them liberals.
While it's true that she had a positive attitude about herself, that's not what I was referring to. She had a positive attitude about Hitler's children, and trusted that they really had changed. I mean, she really trusted! How likely would you be to trust one of their counterparts that we see regularly? What would it take to convince you so thoroughly of their change, that you'd willingly put yourself at their mercy? Their definition of mercy is torturing their own family members to death! We can see after the fact that her trust was well placed, but what kind of courage did it take for to give that trust?