Some Non-Nazis Had a Nice Nazi Dinner at German Restaurant In Minn.
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How bout it? Nothing wrong with folks who fought for what they saw as their freedom.
Nothing wrong with German WWII soldiers either. Just the Nazis.
It has no personal meaning for me. I don't have the same understanding of it. My parents lived through the war so I heard story after story after story. I grew up on them. Many of my friends from my generation who had parents from England or Scotland or Germany did too.
It happened to real people so for me there is still emotion involved.
So? There's always going to be the trolls and the anti-trolls.Also there will always be the people that don't have skins and will even get upset on other people's behalf (sometimes needlessly, as the others have moved on and grown skins).
And how many of those are still alive? How many of the persecuted ones are still alive? There are the neo-wannabes but they're definitely not the originals in depth.
I had an aunt who escaped to NorthAm. She got over being chased from her home and homeland. Still had a pile of bitterness towards the ones that caused it all but she never did blame their ancestors. She met my father's brother and married him and moved on. Even thought it was pretty cool when I was taking German in college and wrote her letters in German.
Far too many. And the neo-wannabes bear watching. The leap from wannabe to the real thing is frighteningly short and quick.
Kudos to your aunt that she did not allow it to stop her from living. I don't remember bitterness being a part of my parents either...they were mostly grateful to sleep through the night in peace.
Canada offered a rare opportunity for a fresh new start, to put it behind them and live in peace with those they would have killed only a few years before.
