Thanks for that vignette. The one thing I wondered about, re: my German grandmother, was her silence re: her German heritage. She was fiercely Midwestern American. I wondered if perhaps aspersions came her way during WWII, & she subjugated her ethnic identity as a result. I wish I’d thought to ask her. But I did like the story of your great uncle. That is the way a true German patriot wd react, imho.