Posted on 07/30/2012 5:46:33 PM PDT by Bikkuri
I have a friend from Holland (Netherlands).. he showed me (never seen before) pictures of his grandfather (that was an SS), BUT he is really reluctant to show them because he doesn't want a bad image on his family (name)..
I am posting this so that he sees the seriousness of this website (and will see that we will NOT tarnish his family name).
I told him about the people here that respect history (like myself) and will not hold it against him, nor his family.
I honestly hope he DOES make an account here and post the pics... but, I did tell him to make digital back-ups ... and store the originals in a safe location, unknown to anyone... to make him feel safe... and also to protect the actual pictures.
I HAVE seen the picture.. and they are amazing!!! I just hope that he follows though and posts them. I was able to capture 1 of the pictures, but I will not post it because he asked me not to.
Nahi, please post them.. you will NOT be criticized here because of something that happened 70 years ago...
Please post Nahi . Heck - my father-in-law was in the Imperial Japanese Army in WW2 .
I’d love to see them.
He could have someone else post the photos for him if he wants to gauge reactions.
Alas, we still haven’t seen them.
I’ve decided to hate the Norwegians just for the hell of it.
Bunch’a damn herring shuckers.
Guess I’m an antinorwegite
Correct. What you have mentioned is a concept called corruption of blood, and in America we don't believe in that. The sins of a family member do not reflect negatively upon another individual in that family.
It's a very important distinction between American culture and others, some of which do perpetuate such absurdities...
I second the emotion. Please post your pictures, Nahi
I hate people who hate other people.
Pee or get off the pot.
Where are the photos? or delete the thread.
So you’re an antiantimite?
ok, he is intersted.. but he doesn’t know HTML :/
My family claims roots back before the founding of this country. They were southerners and, yes, slave-owners. We have copies of the wills, passing the slaves & their progeny from one generation to the next. I don’t consider it a bad mark on myself. I never owned slaves. History is history & we should just acknowledge that which happened & hope that our generation won’t make worse mistakes.
I’d be very interested to see the pictures.
This may not be true in your friend's home country where the family name may very well be tarnished.
My instincts say let him be.
I vote no. I hate coy people.
No problem. Unless he doesn't show us the pictures.
I told him about the people here that respect history (like myself) and will not hold it against him, nor his family.
No problem. Unless he doesn't show us the pictures.
Nahi, please post them..
I will even make it a request. Please show us, we would really enjoy seeing them.
you will NOT be criticized here because of something that happened 70 years ago...
Yeah... unless you don't show us the pictures.
If you have no interest in seeing the pictures, just say so.
Nahi, no shame at all to post the photos. Please do.
The crowd’s getting hostile Bik. I’ll see if I can entertain them while you get the pics.
This is lame.
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