I've researched and researched, and then researched some more. I know the length of time it took to get between the two cities by train, I know the street names on her route home from school, I know the colors of the buildings she passes, but in all of my research, I never thought to stop and notice:
What did the average Austrian citizen call the Nazis?
My character and her family are not pro-Nazi. And the Nazis I am referring to are the ones who would patrol on the streets or in the train stations. This is probably a silly question, but the more I think about it, the more I question myself. In all of the eye witness accounts I've read during that time, the witnesses all refer to them as Nazis, but I don't know if that is because they are using the word that history has given them in hindsight or if that is what they were really referred as.
Thanks in advance.
What did the average Austrian citizen call the Nazis?
My character and her family are not pro-Nazi. And the Nazis I am referring to are the ones who would patrol on the streets or in the train stations. This is probably a silly question, but the more I think about it, the more I question myself. In all of the eye witness accounts I've read during that time, the witnesses all refer to them as Nazis, but I don't know if that is because they are using the word that history has given them in hindsight or if that is what they were really referred as.
Thanks in advance.