PA: How to look good as a Nazi

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Over at Public Address guest columnist Anke Richter explains from a German POV why events such as the recent Lincoln University party are so offensive.

http://publicaddress.net/default,6206.sm#post

If you have a grown up in Germany, then the Third Reich is not about winning or losing. It's not about military accomplishments, Hogan's Heroes or Dam Busters. It's about human tragedy and atrocities of the worst possible kind. It's shameful, and it's painful, and it's impossible to grasp in its monstrosity. Your grandparents were either victims, perpetrators or witnesses. Your parents -- some not even born at the time -- were affected by it as the surviving or post-war generation. They were in denial or became overtly political.