Today is a good day to remember the time I told my Jewish grandmother, who had been an officer in the Red Army all through WWII, about the debate over punching Nazis.

"This is trick question," she said, narrowing her eyes. "When you are done punching, Nazi is still alive, yes?"

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Oh yeah, both the greatgrandmothers I talked to closely and especially the one who raised me (was making plane engines under Tupolev) were great at understanding that stuff. They truly, deeply Got It.
@Iris_IllEra @evacide 40 million dead on the eastern front, 19 million of which were Russian civilians, it's pretty easy to see why
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My greatgrandmother who stayed in Skaushin in Belarus had all of her children killed by nazis poisoning a well while she was gone with partisans. She chased these guys down and flayed them alive, and fed the remnants to pigs.
@sortius @evacide She died from COVID-19 in 2021, but she always recounted that feat with pride.
@Iris_IllEra @sortius @evacide Hearing this and the other stories for the first time, and I'm surprised there's not more "John Wick" esque movies about these grandmas.
@Iris_IllEra @sortius @evacide I hope her pigs were OK with eating such nasty meat.