[Cynthia-J]

To German nationals: How do you feel about German being the ‘unofficial’ language of hate, since it is the language of choice by most Neo-Nazis and other supremacist groups. Are you angry, embarrassed or ashamed in any way?

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[Nicole]

My mother is a German national and the only member of her family to live outside of Germany. Generally, my feelings toward these Neo-Nazi groups is anger. By and large, they do not have a German background, so how dare they try to claim my heritage (the good and the bad)? They do not understand the complexity of that heritage and the baggage that goes along with it (my grandfather was a pilot for the Nazi military, yet my great-grandfather was thrown in a concentration camp for hiding Jews in his home). I am offended by the actions and stupidity of these people and do not appreciate the use of my heritage for their bigotry.

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[Tomas S.]

I am not sure your assumption about language is right. It is perhaps telling that there are proposals in the Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.german every now and then to require all postings to that group to be in German – the rationale being to keep the Nazi posters out, most of whom know no German…

It is true that a lot of wannabe Nazis expect to get a sympathetic reception from Germans. That is possibly because they get their picture of Germany from the more stereotyped kind of World War II films. Of course that is offensive to us.

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