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To: nickcarraway

HOW ODD THAT ALL THIS NAZI MEMORABILIA COULD TURN UP WHEN EVERY GERMAN ADAMANTLY SWORE THAT THEY WERE NOT A NAZI, NOR DID THEY PERSONALLY KNOW OF ANYONE THAT WAS. MUST BE A MISTAKE OF SOME SORT.

MAYBE THERE’S SOMETHING TRUE ABOUT THAT OLD HALF FORGOTTEN ADAGE; “SCRATCH A FRENCHMAN, AND YOU’VE GOT A GERMAN, SCRATCH A GERMAN, AND YOU’VE GOT A NAZI.”

IT IS FAR BEYOND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE JEWS THAT STILL LIVE IN GERMANY!


6 posted on 01/23/2022 1:04:55 AM PST by TigerHawk (The Raised Middle Finger in the Clenched Fist of the World)
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To: TigerHawk
HOW ODD THAT ALL THIS NAZI MEMORABILIA COULD TURN UP WHEN EVERY GERMAN ADAMANTLY SWORE THAT THEY WERE NOT A NAZI,

Depends what they mean by "Nazi memorabilia." During the Nazi era, the swastika was on everything. Coins, stamps, bank notes. Probably on many everyday items. Which meant that everyone used "Nazi memorabilia," even if they opposed the Nazis.

11 posted on 01/23/2022 4:34:18 AM PST by Angelino97
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