Gödel's mother had left Vienna before he did, for in 1937 she returned to her villa in Brno where she was openly critical of the National Socialist regime. Gödel's brother Rudolf had remained in Vienna but by 1944 both expected German defeat, and Rudolf's mother joined him in Vienna.
Gödel's brother rudolf had naiiwan sa Vienna ngunit sa pamamagitan ng 1,944 parehong inaasahan German pagkatalo, at rudolf's ina sumali siya sa Vienna.