[iowamark]

It appears the Hess family became over-confident that its link to Hilter would keep them alive. Berta, his sister, had told people she "enjoyed the special protection of the Nazi party" but Adolf Eichmann, the logistic mastermind of the Holocaust, personally signed her deportation order.

Berta was deported and died in Auschwitz. Hess's mother, Elizabeth was also deported but survived.

People who made the mistake of trusting Hitler wound up dead.

[kearnyirish2]

“People who made the mistake of trusting Hitler wound up dead.”

Ironically it was Jews that lamented that the only one who kept his word to them was Hitler (in the worst way).