So today I found out that some of my family members were national socialists

[querty67]

This is quite shocking but interesting because I plan on digging deeper to find more history on my family, I only know this because of my grandmother and well he's my great great great uncle
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Rappholz

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[shitlord]

just because someone was in the third reich it does not mean they were a national socialist

are you sure he was actually a national socialist?

[Neventii]

sieg heil

[Nonnel]

as i've learned about geneology, this means you, too, are a national socialist

[querty67]

Yes stufflord he was, he lived in germany at the time where arayans were drafted into the millitary because if he refused he would have been killed because that was how the draft worked in national socialist germany

[Neventii]

Yes stufflord he was, he lived in germany at the time where arayans were drafted into the millitary because if he refused he would have been killed because that was how the draft worked in national socialist germany

why feel bad about it

[Nonnel]

i believe what he meant was did he actually believe in national socialistsm

[TristanLuigi]

Yes stufflord he was, he lived in germany at the time where arayans were drafted into the millitary because if he refused he would have been killed because that was how the draft worked in national socialist germany

I think he's asking whether he was actually involved in politics. A man drafted into the Red Army isn't automatically a communist.

[Kumquat]

Yes stufflord he was, he lived in germany at the time where arayans were drafted into the millitary because if he refused he would have been killed because that was how the draft worked in national socialist germany

I doubt your family members were 'national socialists' or were drafted in. They probably signed up because they loved their country.