Hexbear family outing c. 1937
I wonder how this worked out for them, specifically, in the end. The wife/mother has a very longsuffering look on her face.
Probably fine. I think a lot about how Bayer, which literally made the gas for the chambers, is still around and apparently doing well. And while Germany was war ravaged, it wasn’t to a much greater extent than the rest of Europe.
Yes but I also imagine many of the males in that picture died or were injured
Germany lost an entire generation of males during WWII. They didn’t run out of war machines, they ran out of soldiers.
Harsh Nazi Parenting Guidelines May Still Affect German Children of Today
huh, who’d’athunk
The book Die Deutsche Mutter und ihr erstes Kind (The German Mother and her first child) by Johanna Haarer was very popular during that time and even basic book for education in the Reichsmütterschule (Reichs mother’s school) and even after the war. The fortunately last reprint is from 1987.
It’s a very sad reality, not only in Germany.
I bet the oldest son got drafted towards the end.
I’d bet both elder sons got drafted, as the one on the right looks like 9-10.
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Well
the Weimar RepublicGermany before the Nazis was also a regressive shithole run by an absolutely terrible monarch. I’m sure the wife had been suffering in Germany for a whileE: I made a silly mistake
That’s the German Empire. The Weimar Republic was an unstable shithole run by a revolving series of coalitions that ended with ze Nazis.
That’s right lol I forget how short lived the Republic was
It survived longer than the Nazi reign did though
14.5 years compared to ~12
Blink and you’ll miss it!
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Look at France today to see the process ongoing…Ambiance in most right wing parties (incl. Macron) is like rather Bardella than the Front Populaire.
Ah, yes, remember how the Social Democrats called the Communists ‘social fascists’ and refused to work with them?
Oh, wait, sorry, I got it reversed, my bad.
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“Oh no, the mean ol’ social fascists promised to have elections instead of allowing a government by force of arms like the Soviet Party Line wanted, how terrible”
Fascist scum like you aren’t welcome here.
Dewey stars in the darkest episode of Malcom in the Middle
Mom doesn’t look convinced.
“this fucking bullshit” if there ever was a look
She’s mad that Papa is violating the social rules about giving his children any hint of physical affection.
The kids seem just the right age for being in Hitler Jugend towards the end of the war. Is there any more info about this family? I’m curious about their individual fates, and whether they survived.
As both boys on the left and right are wearing an HJ-belt, I assume both are already in HJ.
Yes, and I think that if they stayed the course, they would be thrown into the defense of Berlin in 1945
This happened not only in Berlin, e.g. my grandpa was ordered as FlAK aid with the age of 16 (or even 15, I cannot ask him anymore).
FIAK? Is that the same as Volksturm?
No, FlAK means anti aircraft gun. He probably had to move the big spot lights or carry ammunition.
Flak, with an L.
Yes, Flug-Abwehr-Kannone.
I hate fonts where I and l can almost not be distinguished.
I just finished reading a book about German refugees and how they were treated in Denmark.
Its a very interesting book. A lot of boys in their mid teens (16) were in the refugee camps, even though they secretly wanted to be in the Wehrmacht. They were not old enough.
It seems like a lot of effort was put into convincing the German refugees that Nazis were the baddies and revealing what really had happened. Some where executed though, for still believing in Nazism
lol he copied the mo.
That’s like a MAGA that starts using orange tanner. No wonder the wife looks totally unfulfilled.
lol the wife’s annoyed smile
This is why I don’t take family photos with a hat or flag that announces my political affiliation.
proto-Republicans emerging from the primordial ooze
That younger boy has the right idea, giving a bit of a wave.
I was thinking that he’s giving the same salute Hitler himself would give in response to salutes. He had the same haircut too. That boy was officer material.
Whomp whomp
This family could pass for Jewish. Maybe they just didn’t want to die.
Huh?
I’m saying under fascism people will conform whether they believe in the cause or not for fear of death. We don’t know anything about this family and saying they are Nazis celebrating a bright future may be far from the actual circumstances.
Ooooooh a rare racist that admits there was a Holocaust. That’s a bingo.
What?
