Note: I was referred to this subreddit via /r/askreddit. I have placed the same question there as well, but it probably fits in better here. Didn't know about this subreddit until a few minutes ago.
It's obviously a well known fact that the Nazi's hated the Jews. They murdered over 6,000,000 Jews, which was only a 'small' part of the total casualties inflicted by the Nazi's. Another 5 to 7 million non-Jews were killed in the concentration camps, and over 20 million were killed outside the camps, on the battlefields, during air raids, etc.
But was the Rotschild family, the most prominent Jewish family in history, sometimes referred to as ''the founders of international banking'', ever targeted by the Nazi's? In Hitler's speeches, he despises 'international jewry' and the 'international banking system which is controlled by the Jews', but I have NEVER read ANYTHING about Rotschild family members being captured during Razzia's, or being murdered by the Nazi's.
And it's not like I don't know anything about World War 2. In fact, I have been interested in WW2 since I was 9 years old, over 11 years now. My username is a reference to a brilliant Russian World War 2 movie.
Only one member of the family died during the Holocaust, Élisabeth de Rothschild.
The British line obviously wouldn't be affected. Most of the Jews killed during the Holocaust were from Eastern Europe. The Rothschild family was not of Eastern Europe. In Germany/Austria, wealthy Jews often fled early because they could flee because the Nazis were gradual in adopting antisemitic policies. This was often not the case in Eastern Europe.