Once it took power, one of the most in-demand rewards of the Nazi loyalty-rewarding patronage system was the ability to procure exit visas to allow your clients to escape

Let’s not sugar-coat that, a big part was the fungible value, desperate people who saw the writing on the wall would trade you *anything*

(This also means that for a lot of the escapee-descendants who talk about how their far-sighted ancestors fled quick but their more blithe relatives… no, their well-capitalized ancestors fled quick)

But still. I think about that, sometimes