Pauly3 wrote:
jeeeez those tattoos are illegal in germany
most people in germany try to forget (or never mention) that their relatives fought in Divisions like "Nordland"
i guess it is fine in america but in germany everyone would consider you a Neonazi with tatoos like that
I for myself would never tatoo me a U-boot on my body even though my granddad served on one
They are? Hmm, I guess I've never noticed, since I've always worn long clothing in Europe. I guess this is just one of the ways for me to reconnect with my roots, being far away from the Fatherland and all... And I think it's probably an American thing, this practice of displaying one's cultural heritage for everyone to see (the runes and the Prussian eagle just look less corny compared to a goddarned Teutonic knight and a German flag on my back lol), for the sake of individuality. My best bud Zvi, who's also a motorcycle enthusiast, is Jewish... and he has a huge Star of David and a passage from the Torah tattooed on his body. People always find it intriguing when they look at our body art and see us standing next to each other in a bar. ;D :P that's America for you. ;)
I'm proud of what my family once was, and I know that we were not Nazis. Dad always told me that Opa was more of a realist: as a member of the aristocracy, he knew of the threats that Communism presented and signed himself up for the volunteer service. Even though he was technically Waffen-SS, he was loyal to his Fatherland and to his family, not to Hitler. That, and the fact that he personally knew
Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, who also shared some of his sentiments and even took it a step further (he wasn't aware of Stauffenberg's assassination plot at the time though, since he was busy trying to survive the Ostfront).
I always tell people to look beyond my tattoos and shaved head... All of them tell a story. The ones on my wrist are based on my Opa's... he had the same runes tattooed on his wrists after Narva, to give him the strength and willpower to fight on. The Opfer and Toten runes symbolize death and sacrifice---I got them after a stint in the Juvenile Detention system. Before my Opa's family was able to escape from the destruction of our estates in Prussia, a lot of our Junker relatives were mercilessly raped or killed while trying to defend themselves and their homes. Most of the bodies were said to have been mutilated and eventually ended up in mass graves, or were burned where they lay. None of them were given a decent burial by the occupying forces. We have never forgotten that fact, and these tattoos serve as a permanent reminder to me. I believe that to deny that such things ever happened to our family and to our people would be like denying that the Holocaust ever happened. It's what my wife and I teach our kids, too. History, especially the darker parts of it, shouldn't be swept under the rug and forgotten. All of these terrible things did indeed happen.
As for my shaved head... well... I've always kept it that way since I was a kid. Growing up surrounded by a lot of kids of various races here in LA, I was accused of being "too
white". And as a result of all the bullying, I became ashamed of my blond hair and grey eyes since I wanted to "fit in". I eventually grew out of it, though I had already become accustomed to having very little hair to worry about.... hehe.
BTW, What's so wrong with a U-Boat tattoo? U-Boats were already there before WW2 anyway, they practically pre-date the NSDAP... I know someone who has it on his biceps ;D
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Last edited October 28, 2010 at 4:59 PM by Werwolf
