Was your great grandparent a n**i? How does your family deal with it?

Question

Was your great grandparent a n**i? How does your family deal with it?

Answer 1

No my grandparents and all my families are Spanish, but if he was than I don't think we would be proud, nor ashamed about it

Answer 2

My great-grandfather wasn't a n**i, but he was in the Army of course because he had to and he died in Russia.

Answer 3

No, and the family is proud of it.

Answer 4

I'm just sick of those n**i questions at the TRAVEL section. If you all are SO fascinated about the Hitler times, then at least go to the history section or whatever.

Answer 5

My great-grandparents were born in the 1860s. None of them were born in Germany nor did any of them support Nazism, so my family don't have to deal with anything.

I did have two uncles who served in the US Navy during WWII. They're both alive, too.

Answer 6

My Great Grandparents lived thru it in Nuermberg, Germany. My great grandfather served in the First World war but not in the secon, My great grandmother Shook Hitlers Hand and met him. And i am proud to have a interesting story to tell. Hitler was a great Genius and good talker. his ethics sucked but that was because his only believes. So if your asking me if i should be proud of them beeing a n**i, let me ask you this, Are you proud that your Great Grandparents were Americans who had slaves? Are italians supposed to be ashamed of what the Romans did back in the day? Are the Egyptians supposed to sad about what they did to their people? I mean we all have history, just take the story and be proud where you come from. Doesn't mean you haver to live like them or do what they did

Answer 7

Aye, my grandad was a 'n**i', as you so lovingly call it. I don't, however, comprehend what there is to 'deal with'. Everyone who has a basic knowledge of German history should know that none of these men was born evil, nor that everybody loved to murder Jews or other innocent people.

Hitler helped the nation out of times of crisis and indigence, lowering the unemployment to almost 0%, letting it, once again, prosper. Who would, in times of peace (i.e. 1933-1939), not have appreciated being part of it. And once in the organisation, you couldn't just desert it, so they fought for their glorious nation to come out of this war victoriously.

The only 'n***s' I find despicable are neo-n***s. n***s in the 30s were merely brainwashed and controlled by the state. New n***s, however, do all this bullshit voluntarily just because they are close to braindead...

My grandad died in a Russian POW-camp in 1947, btw. I don't blame him for having been in the SS.

Answer 8

I'm sorry, but the question is just rediculous.  There is nothing to "deal with" if someone in your family was affiliated with the n**i party way back when.  Even people that didn't agree with Hitler were still part of the party.  And even during the wars, people that didn't agree with the Party or Hitler still served in the military.  Either by force or out of patriotism.  They served their country, period.  I have family that died during both WW1 and WW2 fighting against Germans.  Yet I am still married to a German woman.  She is my second wife.  My first wife is also German.  My daughter, who is German and American, is being raised in Germany and going to German schools.

So by your statement, which I find to be uninformed and rude, I will ask this question:  How does your family deal with your lack of education and racist behavior?

Do you boycott Hugo Boss?  That company was a primary supplier for SS and other German military uniforms during Hitler's rule.

Answer 9

maybe....i never met anyone from the German side of my family

I don't think the same way they did about social issues, etc.... so I could handle it if they had been n***s ... it would sadden me if they were, but there are other factors to consider... remember, even the pope was in a youth group that was either part of, or associated with the n***s ....

Answer 10

My grandfather was and I think that I deal with knowing what my beliefs and how my beliefs are different then his. I know i can't do anything about him being a n**i so i accept that that was in the past and move on.