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Were Grandma and Grandpa Nazis? - Headline from DW online

"What did our forebears do during the Nazi era? A subject long shrouded in silence in German families. Now, the US National Archives has made millions of NSDAP membership cards available online."
#nazi #fascism #Nationalsozialist #remembrance #genealogy
https://www.dw.com/en/were-grandma-and-grandpa-nazis/a-76607756

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Dean

from DW 2020 - "For a long time, there was a myth throughout Germany that the army, the Wehrmacht, was "clean," summarized under the motto "but grandpa was alright." Why was this narrative so pervasive for so long?"
https://www.dw.com/en/the-wehrmacht-and-the-holocaust-on-the-battlefield/a-53366016

The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust on the battlefield

Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, the legend of the innocent Wehrmacht is no more, says historian Hannes Heer. For decades, some Germans considered the SS to be the only war criminals.

Deutsche Welle