Does every German have a nazi grandparent?

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willow, the yodakitty from hell

nope

Regina

Do all southern US families have a member in the KKK?

liebekatz2

What an ignorant question. My husband is German, and his grandfather was in the resistance. Not all Germans were Nazi sympathizers.

Lee L

Plain and simple: No.

First some numbers, quoted from Wikipedia:
"The general membership of the Nazi Party, known as the Parteimitglieder, mainly consisted of the urban and rural lower middle classes. 7% belonged to the upper class, another 7% were peasants, 35% were industrial workers and 51% were what can be described as middle class. The largest occupational group were medical doctors.

When it came to power in 1933 the Nazi Party had over 2 million members. Once in power, it attracted many more members and by the time of its dissolution it had 8.5 million members. Many of these were nominal members who joined for careerist reasons, but the party nevertheless had an active membership of at least a million, including virtually all the holders of senior positions in the national government."

Second, if you define being a Nazi by following and embracing the idiology, then the answer is again, No.

There were those 'grandparents' who plain didn't care, those who cared and joined the resistance and those who got murdered by the Nazis for having the wrong party book or writing the false kind of books.

Generalizing like you do is like saying "Every US-American has at least one great-grandparent who was a slave owner.".

susan f

why are you so concerned? we all on this earth are from something or another. my mother is from germany and my fathers family is. even my husbands family. but im part american too which is indian and all others. My grandfather served in the war and the americans if i say were very nice to my grandmother while he was gone away. he served as a medic and helped others even some of your family. so plz do some history and LEARN before you ask such a question.

DeSaxe

Does every American have a Democrat as a Grandparent?

sunshine & summertime

not at all!!! that is such an ignorant question. I am German and my grandfather lived in Germany during Hitlers prime years. He was FORCED to serve in the army, but my opa was staunchly against Hitler. Many people were forced to serve and if they rebelled, they would be severely punished. So no!!! not at all, just because they lived during Hitlers era and some were forced to serve does not at all mean that they were Nazis.

I'm very disturbed that you would think this and hope that you will stop being so stereotypical.

BUBBLES

No, my family got out but I prob had lots of cousin and other relatives that I never knew who were Nazi's. It's not really like you had a choice..... it wasn't a sign up sheet. For some it was join or die.

Tanja L

How did you come up with that? You can't be serious. I am German and I don't know anyone who's a Nazi. How narrow-minded! I hope you're kidding!

It's pretty sad that most Americans think of Germans as Nazis that drink Beer and eat Sauerkraut all day.... wow!

galleries of coma

You have to think- there are a lotta Nazis in the US and in other states. they donÂ´t have to be German. And BTW:the most "grandparents" were children when the war began, or theyÂ´re dead. so my grandparents have never been Nazis, and even their parents have been against the government.
Most of the German Nazis have turned into Communists, have been send to prison or immigrated to south America (example).
So be sure, if you wanna find Nazis in Germany, you will find em not as old people, but as youngsters who do not know the first thing about history.

.Frequentlyâ™¥Dazzled.

NO. stupid ***. 1/2 the germans were AGAINST nazi's/hitler.. they hid jews in their houses, etc. i'm part german, and my family actually fought against germany &&& japan in WW2. you need to study WW2 more...
[edit] i also agree with the first person.. it's like saying that all americans had great grand parents that were slave owners.. when thats not true...

Claudia

Of course....my Grandfather is Adolf.What a ignorant question.

daisy

Nope! My family came over from Germany before WW2 and so my grandfather who's grandfather came over from Germany in the 1800's is NOT a Nazi.

nope, not allof them have a nazi grandpa

proudmomofboy!

No we dont. mine werent for example and i was born and raised there. my grandparents, aunts unlces still live there.

Pavarotti

I'm not German & don't have a nazi grandparent but have a few friends in Germany. I agree with the most of the answers: just a few Nazis were sympathizers of Hitlers Nazi regime.

Living In Korea

No, there were plenty of German people who legally immigrated to the United States prior to WWII.

Dogsnoop

Now they march in "love parades".

fliege52000

I believe some of them yes. There was so many German people during the World War II and they most working for the Nazi Regime and doing what Hitler told them. Also young kids too. They all ignore what's going on round the world and do their jobs. There was in pro cent just few help the Jewish people and was not happy with Nazi Regime. So for your question will be the answer YES.

Rob M

One can hope!

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