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5. My uncle kept a Nazi Naval Officer's dagger and scabbard in his house for years

Sat Jun 23, 2012, 11:56 PM

Jun 2012

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But in his case he killed the Nazi officer during the liberation of the port of Marseille. He was in the resistance and I have photos at home taken by war journalists showing him shooting a heavy machine gun in street fighting.

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On Edit: Here's a photo of him I found on a website about the liberation of Marseiile. I've seen his photos appear many times in newspapers on the commemoration day of this battle. He's wearing his father's Navy uniform from World War I.

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People who don't feel powerful romanticize it. People who hate Hitler imagine they're better. freshwest Jun 2012 #1

White supremacists? SoutherDem Jun 2012 #2

If style won wars, they would have won FarCenter Jun 2012 #3

Intimidating, well-tailored uniforms, hats that made the wearer appear taller, those mean and shiny MADem Jun 2012 #7

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My uncle kept a Nazi Naval Officer's dagger and scabbard in his house for years aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #5

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