When you ask a German something about WW2

Germans love talking about World War 2.

#ww2 #germany #german

[dayros]

I'm Italian, about 10 years ago i was in the erasmus student program in a belgian university. During a class we had to form teams and i ended with a german and a japanese exchange student. So i said that WE HAD to call ourselfs the Axis team, the japanese student thought that it was hilarious and agreed, while the german was horrified and was awkward all the time and stopped talking to us after that class. I still find it funny after so many years. 😅

[caio]

The worst thing you can say to a German is; “it must be so cool being able to watch WW II documentaries without subtitles”
😂

[deanhunter]

My grandfather was a German electrician as I found his old uniform and it has two lightning bolts on his cap

[Elias-qbks]

I was kinda expecting that the guy would follow Hans in the rocket...😂

[jumpjimcrow]

NEVER ASK:
A Woman - Her Age
A Man - His Salary
A German why his Opa is from Argentina

[ЗонаНагваля]

We are not responsible for what our ancestors did, and we should not feel guilty. We are responsible only for ourselves. But, it's worth remembering the history in order not to make the same mistakes. Because everything repeats itself, like a spiral. And people repeat and repeat their mistakes

[shakil.thasariya]

Your acting gives us laugh and joy, never ending happiness when we watch your videos. You deserve 1M+ subscribers.

[kablg]

Meanwhile the same scenario in Japan: War crimes? What war crimes.

[airsoftwwbde]

the best chase filmed by a single person ever

[againtravel]

As a Polish person I find this pretty accurate. During my Erasmus exchange that was their usual reaction when it came down to this conversation. Except for parties, a little bit of alcohol can work miracles no matter the topic 😅 But yeah, I miss my German friends, we had some great time together.

[MsCl]

My German friend on this topic said "actually Hitler was an Austrian" 😄

[maiklorai]

When you ask a Germany about World War 2 there are three types of Reaktions
1. Oh i forgoht to buy the beer i will be right back
2. Yea IT was teriblie and we did horrible stuff
3. Ahh yes the good old Times i really miss them...

[Peter_Schiavo]

"How many of your ancestors fought in the war?" "Nein!"

[fj]

As a german i would have zero problems with his questions xD

[ichdieLivi]

I'm Austrian and noone I know would run away from a convo like this. We very much are aware of what has happened, we covered it in schoo for several years and we know and all feel how horrible and gruesome it was and I'm lacking the words tbh to describe how bad we all feel about it. There are still many memoriams and events and movies (f ex "Das weiße Band" is famous) and museums dealing not only with it but reminding us everyday: *"never frogive, never forget"* We don't, however, feel guilty, though, as we didn't fight in the war, but it is out duty that things like that will never happen again.

kind regards from Austria!

[fannychristozova]

The humor brings truthful simplicity and I like it. Germans do talk about WW2 stuff every now and then, but they 'kindly' unwelcome it when coming from strangers. As of Erika, it was also featured in Schindler's List, I think that makes it additionally strong of a reference. Kudos!

[jakinfoto]

I am Danish and my father was a communist fighting in the Danish resistance movement against the German occupation forces during WWII.
He absolutely HATED everything German right after the war.
However, over the years he grew up (!), learned the German language and ended up with German friends and always found a reason to go visit ……. Germany 😊
No more war, but peace 🇩🇰❤️🇩🇪

[Noy]

There are two types of germans: Those who want to ignore it and are pissed off when someone talks about WW2, and those who will tell you EVERYTHING.

[SteveSmith-osbs]

I was stationed in northern Germany 1985, to 1987, German tv would occasionally have a WWII documentary on. But mostly for younger Germans at the time they would rather forget that it ever happened. I would spend most my free time with Germans because I as trying to learn the language and they are really nice people. I did have a few good conversations with older WWII generation Germans who a fought on the eastern front they were not shy about talking about fighting the Russians one old guy even showed me pictures he had taken in Russia.

[ghtdwggreg]

You can't change past, but you can change future.