Reply #7: I have friends who were living in Germany when Hitler came to power

[MADem]

They weren't Jews, either. Lutherans, actually, not rich, working class German family in what ended up to be the Russkie Sector. They didn't like the system at all, hated it, but they were scared shitless and were taught (they were kids at the time) to be QUIET, don't EVER criticize the government, don't talk too much, keep your head down. They had shitty neighbors who used to rat out others in their neighborhood for the tiniest infractions...they remain fearful of authority to this day. They ran like hell at the end; they believed, and there was some argument to support their fears, that the Russkies would kill them if they caught them.