 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akanga asati ava namakore 17 apo Austria yakabatanidzwa muchimiro chakawedzerwa cheGermany, iyo kubvira muna 1933 yakanga yave ichitongwa somutongi wepurogiramu-yeparamende-yeparamende. Mugumisiro wacho wakanga uri wokutonga kweNational Socialistuye kushandiswa kusingachinjiki zvikuru kwouzivi hweNational Socialist sechinhu chinotsigira hurongwa hwehurumende. Erna akarongwa sehafu-muJudha kana kuti, mumashoko okuzvidza aifarirwa nehurumende, Mischling. Bhizimisi raamai vake muJudha raiva a hrefAryanizationaryanised rakapambwa uyekana kuvharwaa, uye kunyange zvazvo mhuri yacho isina kudzingwa mufurati ravo duku, zvino vaida kugoverana naro nemamwe mhuri mbiri. Erna, panguva iyoyo akanga ava kuroorwa naKarl Musik, akabereka mwanasikana wavo wokutanga - ainziwo Erna - muna 1942. 