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Betonov

05-24-12 08:39 AM

Nazi legacy: The troubled descendants

Stumbled across this article yesterday. Stories of descendants of nazis troubled by the past of their ancestors

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18120890

Quote:

The names of Himmler, Goering, Goeth and Hoess still have the power to evoke the horrors of Nazi Germany, but what is it like to live with the legacy of those surnames, and is it ever possible to move on from the terrible crimes committed by your ancestors?

Quote:

For Bettina Goering, the great-niece of Hitler's designated successor Hermann Goering, she felt she needed to take drastic action to deal with her family's legacy.
Both she and her brother chose to be sterilised.
"We both did it... so that there won't be any more Goerings," she explains

:o

Sins of our fathers indeed

Skybird

05-24-12 09:02 AM

Albert Goering (brother of Hermann Goering)

Herr-Berbunch

05-24-12 09:27 AM

It's just a good job that Hitler seemed to detest sex. Imagine the trouble his offspring would have! :o

I notice there is nothing on Himmler's daughter Gudrun (iirc), she's still (or was last I heard) fervently far-right as you could get.

Egan	05-24-12 09:29 AM

I thought it turned out he had at least one son (or was it a daughter, I can't remember.). I think theyb died in the 70s, though. Didn't seem to have kids of their own.

Egan	05-24-12 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch (Post 1888341)

I notice there is nothing on Himmler's daughter Gudrun (iirc), she's still (or was last I heard) fervently far-right as you could get.

Is she the one that organises get-togethers for surviving SS men? Yeah, I wondered whether they would say anything about her or not.

Skybird

05-24-12 09:44 AM

In this context:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-historian-discusses-new-scholarly-edition-of-hitler-s-mein-kampf-a-834560.html

Hitler's polemic "Mein Kampf" has long been a no-go zone for German publishers. But a Munich historical institute is now publishing the first scholarly edition of the book since World War II.

Herr-Berbunch

05-24-12 09:47 AM

Good, time to move on IMHO.

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