The living witnesses of the rise of the 3rd Reich all explain the incremental method of suppression. Each time a new incident, rule or oppression happened, they said it was just one more thing, it'll blow over. After one crazy thing after another, after each outrageous lie, there came a time when the deportation was not only secretive but deadly.

It was naive to think fellow citizens would be part of the high crimes. These were, after all, just ordinary neighbors and friends.