My family, like many others, held on to their belief in Hitler and the Third Reich until they died.
Large parts of Austrian society still felt strong ties to national socialism and cultivated deeply rooted antisemitism and anti-Slavic sentiment.
Official postwar version painted Austria as a victim of Hitler's expansionist policies, potentially absolving Austrians of complicity in Nazi atrocities.
Sent away to a mountain boarding school to be shielded from 'Jewish, anti-German spirit' by Nazi relatives, reflecting their unyielding beliefs.
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