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In reply to the discussion: My great-grandmother was a Nazi. [View all]AnnieBW
(10,424 posts)Being of German heritage on my father's side, I watched with interest a show on the German-American Bund that was on the History Channel last year. I asked if my grandfather, who was a Transylvania Saxon (Ethnic German living in Western Romania), was ever in the Bund. He wasn't a "made man", but he knew who the Bund members were in his neighborhood and factory. Then my Dad told me that my grandfather's half-brother, who didn't emigrate after WWI like my Grandfather did, was a Nazi and joined the SS. After the war, Grandpap floated the idea of bringing his half-brother to America. Fortunately, my Dad and his brothers told their father that this was a Very Bad Idea.
Now, my grandfather had three sons and one daughter. Two of his sons and his prospective son-in-law fought in WWII in the European theater. My Dad was too young, so he was in the Korean war. So no, having someone like that in your family does NOT make you one.