My father was a member in the Hitlerjugend

Kaptlt.Endrass · 01-06-15, 12:15 AM

Interesting 'fun fact' for your family. I believe one of my dad's grandfather's brothers was at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, and a distant relative was one of the Windtalkers in the Pacific.

That said, people can't immediately assume you to be a member of today's NSDAP, or your father. We must remember that Hitler was a charasmatic leader and helped Germany rebuild after war reparations. Also, all were required to join the Hitlerjugend/Wehrmact when of age or as the Russians closed in.

While I think Hitler had some good ideas, his way of carrying them out were...extreme. We have to look at it from an oppresed, post-WWI, German point of view, not as the victors only. 'History is written by the victor.' ring a bell?

01-06-15, 12:15 AM	#18
Kaptlt.Endrass Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: No Longer On A Big Grey Floaty Thing Posts: 395 Downloads: 116 Uploads: 0	Interesting 'fun fact' for your family. I believe one of my dad's grandfather's brothers was at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, and a distant relative was one of the Windtalkers in the Pacific. That said, people can't immediately assume you to be a member of today's NSDAP, or your father. We must remember that Hitler was a charasmatic leader and helped Germany rebuild after war reparations. Also, all were required to join the Hitlerjugend/Wehrmact when of age or as the Russians closed in. While I think Hitler had some good ideas, his way of carrying them out were...extreme. We have to look at it from an oppresed, post-WWI, German point of view, not as the victors only. 'History is written by the victor.' ring a bell? __________________ "That flag and I are twins, born in the same hour from the same womb of destiny. We cannot be parted in life or in death; so long as we float, we shall float together." As much as I dislike it sometimes, I'm a tin can sailor, through and through.