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sandensea

(23,316 posts)
25. I'm exaggerating - but they're there
Fri Mar 6, 2020, 06:10 PM
Mar 2020

Obviously you can't tell from looking at them - but if you work with some and they get to know you and trust you, they'll tell you themselves.

The ones I met - and they assured me there's a sizable community there - seemed proud of their parent/grandparent.

I was careful not to show outrage, in hopes they'd tell me more - and it worked to some extent. People like confiding in me for some reason.

In each case they were also Republicans. One was a recovering alcoholic (quite fat, despite being in his late 20s); most seemed perfectly normal.

And they were - but for that one detail: that they had a father/grandfather/grand-uncle in the SS.

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They should start looking in Carlsbad and Escondido, CA sandensea Mar 2020 #1
And those are pretty 2naSalit Mar 2020 #5
Just beautiful! sandensea Mar 2020 #6
Used to live there, still have 2naSalit Mar 2020 #9
Meh...it gets too hot in Escondido during the summer sdfernando Mar 2020 #10
That was my first thought: too friggin' hot. C Moon Mar 2020 #12
True. It ain't Laguna Beach sandensea Mar 2020 #13
My sister lives 10 min away from me in BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #32
We must be neighbors sdfernando Mar 2020 #42
Fellow DUer "FreeState" lives by us too. BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #43
Seriously? Juneboarder Mar 2020 #23
I'm exaggerating - but they're there sandensea Mar 2020 #25
Wowsers! Juneboarder Mar 2020 #28
From Barton Fink (1991) Lord Ludd Mar 2020 #36
Ha! sandensea Mar 2020 #40
It's crazy that they're still finding these people alive. Renew Deal Mar 2020 #2
He would have only been nineteen in 1945 PatSeg Mar 2020 #15
Poor guy. JudyM Mar 2020 #17
I'm not being sympathetic PatSeg Mar 2020 #18
Sorry, still a fail; suggesting they're mere pawns only continues to amplify your sympathy. JudyM Mar 2020 #19
I tend to be sympathetic to abused children PatSeg Mar 2020 #20
WTH!? "Abused children?" Based on what evidence?! And what of the people in the concentration camp?! JudyM Mar 2020 #22
Taking children and turning them into fascists PatSeg Mar 2020 #24
Thank you customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #26
And thank you PatSeg Mar 2020 #27
You're welcome customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #29
You really are a "customer service guy"! PatSeg Mar 2020 #30
Well, I've been customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #34
My father flew in a B24 for 50 missions Mr.Bill Mar 2020 #31
Thank you. JudyM Mar 2020 #33
And I'm sure customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #35
He's been living a normal life for 75 years Polybius Mar 2020 #37
What?! And if your mother had been suffering horribly or died in the camp where he was a guard...? JudyM Mar 2020 #38
I'd say the time for prosecution is over, and I'd curse his boss Hitler for the orders Polybius Mar 2020 #39
How unfortunate for him... atreides1 Mar 2020 #3
His daughter 2naSalit Mar 2020 #11
My 95 year old CRK7376 Mar 2020 #4
"...still receives a pension from Germany for his work, "including his wartime service." keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #7
Those Nazis were fastidious record keepers... brooklynite Mar 2020 #8
Thank IBM. eggplant Mar 2020 #14
Pretty amazing story, a movie plot. marble falls Mar 2020 #16
NO mercy for these fuckers. . . BigDemVoter Mar 2020 #21
I've heard of Izbica. Probably saw either a Ilsa Mar 2020 #41
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