What do Germans think of n**i Germany and Adolf Hitler today?

Question

What do Germans think of n**i Germany and Adolf Hitler today?

Answer 1

on the 20th April we let our flags (third Reich) flatter in the wind and have a big parade in the streets of Berlin.

Everybody has a day off so we can attend the marching parade.

The most used name for a new born boy is Adolf and for a girl is Eva.

A lot of streets and places are named after Adolf Hitler and one Jumbo Jet of the Lufthansa is called after him as well.

On the 7th of May all our flags are on "half mast" because we celebrate his loss of life.

Almost every second man has the same mustache as Adolf and women like to dress like Eva Braun.

We all have a shepherd dog named Blondi.

and in the parliament they thinking about to change the capital town Berlin into Hitler-City.

we have a very good meaning about Adolf, he was a great Dictator and a big Leader and fantastic General.

and the biggest criminal ever!

isn't that great?

Answer 2

he gave germany a bad name

Answer 3

Perhaps you understand --- I do think the same as my grandparents and my parents think --- they were criminals they killed my sister --- that is the short version the long version is too long for here. No --- I am not a Jude -- I am just the same as my grand parents and my parents were --- a conservative liberal german. Ok, somtimes we vote for "Sozialdemokraten" except my grandma --- she always said "Heinz, when the Sozies come into power then the Nazies come into power".

Greetings from Hamburg, Germany

Heinz

ps: I am very sad about --- but today I believe my grandma was right.

Answer 4

Oh, do we have this week's unavoidable Hitler question?

Well, we have some people in our country who are very nationalist and racist, and even have their own party, the NPD. Most people call them neo-n***s. Although their party gained enough votes in two or three federal states to send a few people into the local parliaments, they're not significant, and besides, our "homeland security", the "Verfassungsschutz", has an eye on them. Some (not all) of them sure have Hitler as a role model.

For the majority of Germans, Hitler and the n**i regime just don't play a role in their everyday lives. There's school education about the Third Reich, and many Germans have visited a holocaust memorial (a former KZ, that is) at least once in there life, and once you've seen THAT, you know that something like that must never happen again. Besides, almost every family history is, in one way or the other, badly influenced by WWII incidents. Too many people died in that war or returned injured, like my grandfather, who lost a leg in that war. So most Germans are definitely anti-n**i and anti-war.

But still, there's a certain fascination about Hitler and some of the other 3rd Reich celebrities, like Himmler or Goering. And a certain fear, maybe, that people like these could make it to power again. Remember, Hitler and his n**i party were democratically elected. Once in power, they abolished democracy.

That's why we have one of the finest constitutions in the world, quite like the American constitution, but with several control mechanisms in it to avoid an anti-democratic party to gain too much power.

But that's the political background. Nobody cares about it in everyday life. Which means: Nobody HAS to care, as it obviously works. And most younger people live quite an American lifestyle anyway: music, clothing, TV series -- all the same stuff. Favorite food is McD's. First reaction when it comes to Hitler will be like the first sentence in my posting: Oh no, not again!

Answer 5

Being a Pakistani, living in Germany for the last five years as student, I saw that majority hate Hitler as he brought a bad name to this wonderful nation. German are nice polite people and you will never have the chance to tell them n**i as you will never find a moment to tell them so. There are exceptions as it is common in all countries but I think we should forget the past as it is unfair to keep on calling them n***s. Before n***s, 80 percent of all students from the whole world were coming to Germany for studies and this clearly shows there love for art, literature, and culture. Germans have the highest per capita book publication in the world well ahead of USA. So we better treat this nation on its present not on its past. Best wishes.

Answer 6

Alwin E is right, the usual Hitler question, again and again.

I think Hitler is much more facinating people outside of Germany than us Germans.

We hate n**i's as everybody else, yes we have Neo-n***s in Germany just like all the other countrys around the world but you may have another name for those criminals (fashists).

They are such a small group of brainless wankers, they got no influence on our day to day life but we keep an eye on them and we stand up against them, for sure!

German majority has learned from his history and we will not allow anymore n**i regime in our country.

We will never forget all the evil that is associate with the 3rd Reich.  Germany became one of the strongest democratic republics in the world and my generation was born after 1945 and we are proud to be Germans even so we have this burdon of history.

Answer 7

He was murder, crazy, dictator, sick and stupid person.

I was busy with that subject the whole week, because my daughter have some project going on at school and I helped her with searching stuff and I know about that so much, because I read so many different books. I can just say I feel so bad the whole week and this stuff keep me so busy I can't not even sleep at the night time. In Germany they have specially in East side so many Neo n***s, unbelievable, people supporting still this idiot.

Answer 8

one of my friends is from Germany... they are definitely not proud of it and it was a hard time for Germany... somehow everyone thinks that they wanted all this and that they're proud of it or anything like that. They're not. They had to suffer, too. They definitely don't look back and feel proud... of course there may be some who think that this was great - there always are - but Germany seriously doesn't look at it like it's something great. Everyone judges them and I don't know... even know... when I'm walking round with him and someone knows he's from Germany, the first question is: "Are you proud of it?" Why does everyone think this? This is a serious and dark chapter... My friend's not proud of it... but he can't change the past... even if he wants to.

Answer 9

German History is more difficult for Germans then for anyone else.

I was born in Germany and live in Australia since 2005. A lot of people ask me that question, and also sometimes there behaviour is quite surprising.

On of my first encounters with the subject was when I was working on a Linux problem and was not happy with peoples resolution (being the manager) so a work colleque called me a “linux-Nazi”. Others join in laughing about that. I was just stunned. You see in Germany calling someone a n**i is putting yourself up for a good punch on your nose or even get sued for offending.  What they were laughing about was the Seinfeld episode with the Soup-n**i (“no more soup for you”). (Also see link, reference 3)

Just this shows that the dealing with the past can be very different.

The n**i legacy is a subject that most Germans don’t want to talk about. If you look at it there are different ways do deal with the n**i legacy.

- You look at the cause and find that the WW2 resulted form unresolved conflict of WW1 and expansionist attitudes.

- You analyses Hitler and find that he was very insecure and psychology damaged and wonder how he came to power.

- You excuse yourself from the discussion by stating that it is all History now and that modern Germany has nothing to do with it

- You find that Germans after the Kaiser had no “leader”, no one they could follow (like the Kaiser) and there is still that urge for Germans to follow someone or to fit in into a given society.

- And several other things

Basically for Germans to talk about it is hard as the guild still is there. Yes n**i-Germany (and that is n**i-Germany not just Germany we do make that distinction) killed systematically on a industrial level Jews, Gypsies, g**s, Communists, Socialists, people with disables and every one else they did not like in the regime. That’s a fact and that’s the legacy.  Everyone will tell you that there grandparents didn’t do anything bad and where not involved and didn’t know about the killings. I can’t tell you if my Granny lied about it or not I don’t know, I know that 2 of her brothers where lost in Stalingrad and that my Granddad was a POW in Siberia.

My Personal thought about the n**i legacy is that as a German I see it my “responsibility” to make sure that injustice and oppression against other human because of race, religion, s*x or sexual orientation (or whatever else make someone “different”) is made public and to fight it as best as possible.

Just think about the current situation. Is every Muslim a terrorist? Are all people that follow the Muslim religion supporter of Bin-Laden? Should Moslems be required to pass thought higher security then others at Airports? Would you help a clearly Muslimism dressed Man/Woman if they require help?

As much as I can see in TV, Web and other medias the typical n**i (anti-Semitic etc.) is actually more found outside Germany then inside. The US seams to be a big breeding ground for this kind of stuff. But I have to say that the most reports I saw and read about that (in German, American and Australian Media) shows that these people a quite uneducated, very set in there thoughts and unwilling to embrace anything that fits not into there picture of the world.

Answer 10

The same as most Germans did back then. People need to realise that Hitler promised the Germans to help them get back on their feet after the Great Depression and Inflation happened, he tricked them and gained their confidence to get into power. I'm not German but we had a German lecturer teaching us post-war. She was saying how she and many other Germans today, wonder why there wasn't more people like Sophie Scholl who tried to stop the n**i's and rebelled against Hitler. She said it made her angry that more people did not take a stand. But everyone was scared, yes there was some evil people in germany at the time, but there's evil people everywhere.

These questions bug me sometimes

Answer 11

I have always been impressed with the way the current generation of Germans has handled this.  This is nowhere so obvious as in Berlin.  

I was recently in Berlin for a week, and we visited some of the related sites - Topographie des Terrors on Wilhelmstrasse, the site of Hitler's Bunker near Volksstrasse.  I've also visited Sachsenhausen outside of Berlin, but have yet to get to the Wansee House and Cecilienhof.  I've visited the little metal memorials in the ground out front of the bulidings where Jews who were deported lived.

Germans acknowledge this part of their history, they remember it, and they have made many reparations.  They remind us all of the horror of that time, and pull no punches.  They have outlawed all representations of   n**i-ism, outside of museums, and do what they can within a free society to prevent it happening again.  Their freedom of speech is, for example, less free than Americans.

That sais, they don't let it dominate their lives.  Why should they?  The people who participated in that travesty are old, the current generations grew up in the shadow of that time, but in a very, very different Germany.  Reparation has been made.

We should, indeed, never forget.  But we should likewise give it a little bit of a rest.

Answer 12

in Germany it is very dangerous to say anything which could associate with the third reich.When a minister anything say what was good on the Third reich his end as minister is comming.The people in Germany are democratic.And the Republic do all what they can that the history ´don´t come back.if any one say heil,Heil Hitler or Sieg Heil he come into jail,it´s the same like the signes of the third reich.It`s not allow to show it in public.And it´s not allow to show signes who looks like that.A few people want back the 3.Reich or like that.But that´s like in other countries.Ok some germans are proud about the german technology in the ww2.But they couldn´t accept the killing in these time.We like the democratic and don´t want to change it (i don´t count the neo n***s).We look forward but ever remember the history.All what the germans want is a good friendship with the most nations.The result of the hitler time is,that Germany know what it had done and learn about it.Germany was bad.But other nations have a bad history too.not so intensive and these nations don´t learn about it like germany.at last i want to say.let´s show to the future and let´s work hand in hand.That those time not come back.I like the friendship to France.Germany and France was ever the biggest enemies.And now they`re best friends.I hope those story will written with other nations.

Answer 13

Most do not have favorable things to say and the party is illegal as is many things associated to it is.

I would say that over all it is not, sure you have small bands of Neo's but nothing too bad anymore.

Today's generation just like in the USA with slavery can not be held accountable for their ancestors mistakes and crimes.