Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz has a history, one that he does not like to highlight. His Opa or grandfather was a Nazi and it is this Nazi past that he is trying to keep extremely quiet about. Yet, Friedrich Merz’s very own grandfather joined Hitler’s Nazi party – the NSDAP – himself and very willingly. Interestingly, his Opa became a […]
  • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
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    11 days ago

    which the German chancellor (possibly) has internalized through the admiration of his grandfather

    I honestly don’t know what to say to that wild accusation. I don’t even like the guy. So this is seriously doing my head in. Believe what you wish.

    • doben@lemmy.ml
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      11 days ago

      It‘s not about what I believe, as I’m merely repeating the gist of the article. it‘s all about your refusal to read the article, while still feeling the need to relativize and defend such possible convictions.

      (I changed that part you are quoting, while you were answering) as it’s not the right wording for what I want to say. But really interesting, that that‘s the only aspect you engaged with.

      edit, from the article:

      Documents, that have been hidden in an archive but are available today, refute the earlier statement by Friedrich Merz to sell the fairy-tale that his grandfather had become a member of the Nazi party and as Merz rather improperly had claimed, “without his own intervention”.