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Date Posted: 04/ 4/10 10:06pm
Author: Kitty Werthmann
Subject: After America, There is no place to Go

"After America , There is No Place to Go"





The author of this article lives in South Dakota and is ve=
ry active in attempting to maintain our freedom. I encourage everybody=
to read this article and pass it along. I see so many parallels in=
this country=E2=80=93are we going to sit by and watch it happen? Spr=
ead the word; also contact your congressional reps; vote them out if=
they don=E2=80=99t do what they should. If you don=E2=80=99t want to=
be bothered, then you=E2=80=99re part of the problem! Google Kitty We=
rthmann and you will see articles and videos.



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By: Kitty Werthmann=20
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What I am about to tell you is something you've probably=
never heard or will ever read in history books.=20
=20
I believe that I am an eyewitness to history. I cannot te=
ll you that Hitler took Austria by tanks and guns; it would distort hi=
story. We elected him by a landslide - 98% of the vote.. I've never=
read that in any American publications. Everyone thinks that Hitler=
just rolled in with his tanks and took Austria by force.

In 1938, Austria was in deep Depression. Nearly one-third=
of our workforce was unemployed. We had 25% inflation and 25% bank=
loan interest rates.

Farmers and business people were declaring bankruptcy dail=
y. Young people were going from house to house begging for food. Not=
that they didn't want to work; there simply weren't any jobs. My mot=
her was a Christian woman and believed in helping people in need. Eve=
ry day we cooked a big kettle of soup and baked bread to feed those po=
or, hungry people - about 30 daily.

The Communist Party and the National Socialist Party were=
fighting each other. Blocks and blocks of cities like Vienna , Linz=
, and Graz were destroyed. The people became desperate and petitione=
d the government to let them decide what kind of government they wante=
d.

We looked to our neighbor on the north, Germany, where Hit=
ler had been in power since 1933. We had been told that they didn't=
have unemployment or crime, and they had a high standard of living.=
Nothing was ever said about persecution of any group -- Jewish or ot=
herwise. We were led to believe that everyone was happy. We wanted=
the same way of life in Austria . We were promised that a vote for Hi=
tler would mean the end of unemployment and help for the family. Hitl=
er also said that businesses would be assisted, and farmers would get=
their farms back. Ninety-eight percent of the population voted to an=
nex Austria to Germany and have Hitler for our ruler.

We were overjoyed, and for three days we danced in the str=
eets and had candlelight parades. The new government opened up big fi=
eld kitchens and everyone was fed.

After the election, German officials were appointed, and=
like a miracle, we suddenly had law and order. Three or four weeks=
later, everyone was employed. The government made sure that a lot of=
work was created through the Public Work Service.

=20
Hitler decided we should have equal rights for women. Bef=
ore this, it was a custom that married Austrian women did not work out=
side the home. An able-bodied husband would be looked down on if he=
couldn't support his family. Many women in the teaching profession=
were elated that they could retain the jobs they previously had been=
required to give up for marriage.



Hitler Targets Education - Eliminates Religious Instructio=
n for Children:=20
Our education was nationalized. I attended a very good pu=
blic school. The population was predominantly Catholic, so we had rel=
igion in our schools. The day we elected Hitler (March 13, 1938), I wa=
lked into my schoolroom to find the crucifix replaced by Hitler's pict=
ure hanging next to a Nazi flag. Our teacher, a very devout woman, sto=
od up and told the class we wouldn't pray or have religion anymore. =
Instead, we sang "Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles," and had phys=
ical education.

Sunday became National Youth Day with compulsory attendanc=
e. Parents were not pleased about the sudden change in curriculum. Th=
ey were told that if they did not send us, they would receive a stiff=
letter of warning the first time. The second time they would be fine=
d the equivalent of $300, and the third time they would be subject to=
jail. The first two hours consisted of political indoctrination. Th=
e rest of the day we had sports. As time went along, we loved it. Oh=
, we had so much fun and got our sports equipment free. We would go=
home and gleefully tell our parents about the wonderful time we had.=
=20

My mother was very unhappy. When the next term started,=
she took me out of public school and put me in a convent. I told her=
she couldn't do that and she told me that someday when I grew up, I=
would be grateful. There was a very good curriculum, but hardly any=
fun - no sports, and no political indoctrination. I hated it at firs=
t but felt I could tolerate it. Every once in a while, on holidays,=
I went home. I would go back to my old friends and ask what was going=
on and what they were doing. Their loose lifestyle was very alarming=
to me. They lived without religion. By that time unwed mothers were=
glorified for having a baby for Hitler. It seemed strange to me that=
our society changed so suddenly. As time went along, I realized what=
a great deed my mother did so that I wasn't exposed to that kind of=
humanistic philosophy.



Equal Rights Hits Home:=20
In 1939, the war started and a food bank was established.=
All food was rationed and could only be purchased using food stamps.=
At the same time, a full-employment law was passed which meant if yo=
u didn't work, you didn't get a ration card, and if you didn't have a=
card, you starved to death. Women who stayed home to raise their fami=
lies didn't have any marketable skills and often had to take jobs more=
suited for men.

Soon after this, the draft was implemented. It was compul=
sory for young people, male and female, to give one year to the labor=
corps. During the day, the girls worked on the farms, and at night=
they returned to their barracks for military training just like the=
boys. They were trained to be anti-aircraft gunners and participated=
in the signal corps. After the labor corps, they were not discharged=
but were used in the front lines. When I go back to Austria to visit=
my family and friends, most of these women are emotional cripples bec=
ause they just were not equipped to handle the horrors of combat. Thre=
e months before I turned 18, I was severely injured in an air raid att=
ack. I nearly had a leg amputated, so I was spared having to go into=
the labor corps and into military service. =20



Hitler Restructured the Family Through Daycare:=20

When the mothers had to go out into the work force, the go=
vernment immediately established child care centers. You could take=
your children ages 4 weeks to school age and leave them there around-=
the-clock, 7 days a week, under the total care of the government. The=
state raised a whole generation of children.. There were no motherly=
women to take care of the children, just people highly trained in chi=
ld psychology. By this time, no one talked about equal rights. We kn=
ew we had been had.

=20

Health Care and Small Business Suffer Under Government Con=
trols:=20
Before Hitler, we had very good medical care. Many Americ=
an doctors trained at the University of Vienna . After Hitler, health=
care was socialized, free for everyone. Doctors were salaried by the=
government. The problem was, since it was free, the people were goin=
g to the doctors for everything. When the good doctor arrived at his=
office at 8 a.m., 40 people were already waiting and, at the same tim=
e, the hospitals were full. If you needed elective surgery, you had=
to wait a year or two for your turn. There was no money for research=
as it was poured into socialized medicine. Research at the medical=
schools literally stopped, so the best doctors left Austria and emigr=
ated to other countries.

=20
As for healthcare, our tax rates went up to 80% of our inc=
ome. Newlyweds immediately received a $1,000 loan from the government=
to establish a household. We had big programs for families. All day=
care and education were free. High schools were taken over by the go=
vernment and college tuition was subsidized. Everyone was entitled to=
free handouts, such as food stamps, clothing, and housing.=20

We had another agency designed to monitor business. My bro=
ther-in-law owned a restaurant that had square tables. Government off=
icials told him he had to replace them with round tables because peopl=
e might bump themselves on the corners. Then they said he had to have=
additional bathroom facilities. It was just a small dairy business wi=
th a snack bar. He couldn't meet all the demands. Soon, he went out=
of business. If the government owned the large businesses and not ma=
ny small ones existed, it could be in control.

We had consumer protection. We were told how to shop and=
what to buy. Free enterprise was essentially abolished. We had a pl=
anning agency specially designed for farmers. The agents would go to=
the farms, count the live-stock, then tell the farmers what to produc=
e, and how to produce it. =20



"Mercy Killing" Redefined:=20
In 1944, I was a student teacher in a small village in the=
Alps . The villagers were surrounded by mountain passes which, in th=
e winter, were closed off with snow, causing people to be isolated. =
So people intermarried and offspring were sometimes retarded. When=
I arrived, I was told there were 15 mentally retarded adults, but the=
y were all useful and did good manual work. I knew one, named Vincent=
, very well. He was a janitor of the school. One day I looked out th=
e window and saw Vincent and others getting into a van. I asked my su=
perior where they were going. She said to an institution where the St=
ate Health Department would teach them a trade, and to read and write.=
The families were required to sign papers with a little clause that=
they could not visit for 6 months. They were told visits would interf=
ere with the program and might cause homesickness. =20

As time passed, letters started to dribble back saying the=
se people died a natural, merciful death. The villagers were not=
fooled. We suspected what was happening. Those people left in excel=
lent physical health and all died within 6 months. We called this eut=
hanasia.=20



The Final Steps - Gun Laws:=20

Next came gun registration.. People were getting injured=
by guns. Hitler said that the real way to catch criminals (we still=
had a few) was by matching serial numbers on guns. Most citizens wer=
e law abiding and dutifully marched to the police station to register=
their firearms. Not long after-wards, the police said that it was be=
st for everyone to turn in their guns. The authorities already knew=
who had them, so it was futile not to comply voluntarily. =20

No more freedom of speech. Anyone who said something again=
st the government was taken away. We knew many people who were arrest=
ed, not only Jews, but also priests and ministers who spoke up.

Totalitarianism didn't come quickly, it took 5 years from=
1938 until 1943, to realize full dictatorship in Austria . Had it hap=
pened overnight, my countrymen would have fought to the last breath.=
Instead, we had creeping gradualism. Now, our only weapons were broo=
m handles. The whole idea sounds almost unbelievable that the state,=
little by little eroded our freedom.

After World War II, Russian troops occupied Austria . Wom=
en were raped, preteen to elderly. The press never wrote about this=
either. When the Soviets left in 1955, they took everything that the=
y could, dismantling whole factories in the process. They sawed down=
whole orchards of fruit, and what they couldn't destroy, they burned.=
. We called it The Burned Earth. Most of the population barricaded th=
emselves in their houses. Women hid in their cellars for 6 weeks as=
the troops mobilized. Those who couldn't, paid the price. There is=
a monument in Vienna today, dedicated to those women who were massacr=
ed by the Russians.=20



This is an eye witness account. It's true...those of us=
who sailed past the Statue of Liberty came to a country of unbelievab=
le freedom and opportunity.

America Truly is the Greatest Country in the World.=20
Don't Let Freedom Slip Away!
"After America, There is No Place to Go"

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