Heres kind of a serious question to anyone, but fellow Germans are best suited to answer?

Back in world war II, When Hitler was running around like a madman, did your family run away from him or were they forced to join his crazy nut army? My family was one of the lucky ones to escape....hence my last name is "Friesen" which means son of the free.....does your last name have anything to do with that time period......and to this day, do you feel guilty for what our forefathers did to those other people long ago? I cant help but feel some guilt, even thought it was not me who did anything wrong....still, being german, thats what stings the most to me......what bothers me though seriously, is when i try to grow a mouthstache and people say I look like hitler, even though my mouthstache is not short like his, it hurts my feelings......anyone else go through all of this?

Heres kind of a serious question to anyone, but fellow Germans are best suited to answer?
i have german in me and i hate it. i hate it so much i don't go to the Oktoberfest in my town. i stay clear of any germans. i can't stand them for what happened to the Jews.
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Reply:If you're under 60, even if your grandpa was opening cans of Zyclon-B, you bear no possible guilt for the holocaust. Heck, even if you were alive for those years, unless you were old enough to /do/ something, you shouldn't be beating yourself up over it. We are responsible for our own actions, not those of our parents or ancestors. Period.





To judge people based on thier ancestry is no different from racism. Remember that the next time someone criticizes you for the Holocaust because you're German: they are engaging in the same kind of thinking that /made the Holocause possible/.
Reply:You are what? Fourth, fifth generation US. Only children make a big thing out of the WWII and then only when they see it bugs you. WWII is in the past. Germany has done all it can to expunge the filth of Hitler. The world has moved on. It is time you did too.
Reply:If it makes you feel any better, my brother looks exactly the way Hitler would look if Hitler were part Mexican.
Reply:this is 2007 fren, stop the self pity and stand tall.. u r just as the rest of the world population, have pride and self dignity...





lets move on... any jokes thrown around just laugh it off...


or tell him hes not invited to the german beer festival ..... with those larger than life mugs and the good beer .....





sauerkraut anyone?
Reply:German, but ancestors came here long before Hitler....my Dad fought the Germans so I don't feel bad being part German or responsible for what happened at the time. Heck....I wouldn't be able to allow myself to live with myself if I felt responsible for what some ancestor did or what some politician in some country did ions ago based solely on my heritage. Heck the fact I'm here means supposed arch enemies actually did manage to get beyond it and get over it and forgive and get along.
Reply:You family left the country because they didn't like what was going on...so you and all of those who left should not be responsible for anything that happened over there.





My family first came here before there were even any states or USA.....non of them had slaves....although other people did...so I should not be held accountable for what someone else did...and neither should you.