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While the record of the transport of that Austrian Jewish couple on their way to their killing is correct, their names had already been tainted by the Nazi extermination machine. After the Nazi takeover of Austria, all Jewish citizens had second names added to their passports: Israel for men and Sara for women. This was done so that Jews could be easily recognized to block their emigration as well as to easily select them for extermination, as happened to that unfortunate couple…and to millions more.
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