tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post6079578734899797176..comments2024-03-27T08:23:33.621-04:00Comments on Go Retro!: Hardy Kruger: The Hollywood Hunk With A Nazi PastPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-51698817214672530542018-09-16T16:32:30.742-04:002018-09-16T16:32:30.742-04:00The actress Romy Schneider played in Hitler's ...The actress Romy Schneider played in Hitler's garden at Berchtesgaden when she was a childAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07445833066269438749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-16755034910587148962018-09-16T16:30:48.062-04:002018-09-16T16:30:48.062-04:00The actress Romy Schneider played in Hitler's ...The actress Romy Schneider played in Hitler's garden at Berchtesgaden when she was a childAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07445833066269438749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-44644114775398686002018-01-26T12:44:01.742-05:002018-01-26T12:44:01.742-05:00It's heartwarming, that in spite of what he we...It's heartwarming, that in spite of what he went through in his younger years, he is a true human being, and a true German. This makes me smile, since I keeping find a lot of Neo-Nazis on YouTube.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-70145452924965532632016-11-19T20:05:32.896-05:002016-11-19T20:05:32.896-05:00Hardy Krüger not only was informed about the conce...Hardy Krüger not only was informed about the concentration camp by Söhnker, he got involved eventually, becoming his messenger, for the elder actor was helping anti nazis and jews to flee to Switzerland. Quite a remarkable choice at 15, proving that free will still exist even with family, teachers and roommates Hitler's fans. He recalls his fear at that moment of speaking while sleeping !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11026449697541954872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-82738255057629689932016-05-01T19:32:17.471-04:002016-05-01T19:32:17.471-04:00True, I think Americans got over WWII and Germany&...True, I think Americans got over WWII and Germany's involvement in the war fairly quickly by the '60s -- Volkswagen was becoming one of the best selling cars in the U.S. by that time, and the VW Beetle had been designed in response to Hitler's request for a car that all Germans could afford. In that same vein, we got over Japan's involvement as well by embracing their car brands (well, except for Roger Sterling on Mad Men...)<br /><br />I've always felt that we should never punish a country or its current population for the sins of its past, and I have great respect for the Germans. Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-56673394231272468022016-05-01T18:03:32.073-04:002016-05-01T18:03:32.073-04:00I'm part kraut myself, and that side of the fa...I'm part kraut myself, and that side of the family has a few Nazis in the woodpile, so to speak, and I ain't talking about dipshit Idaho Nazis, I'm talking about gosh-darn-no-foolin' German Third Reich Nazis, who were mostly wiped out by the Russians. Rather ironic I ended up there manning the barricades forty years later.<br />But the war is over. The world basically ended, for all intents and purposes, and a new one began. And that side of the family are now mostly registered Democrats who listen to NPR.<br />So maybe people can and do get better, at least some times and in some places.<br />I'm a student of history, but I'm also an optimist.<br />Talk about oxymorons.<br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com