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Message:: [QUOTE="HOBBY61, post: 657816, member: 17677"]Something to think about Krispy,Being part German and American Indian made it tough for me growing up.My grandfather gave me a few silver marks with the swastika which I will remember him by. He was persecuted for befriending a Jewish family and then spent 6 or so years in a Russian prison. When he returned home he was treated not so well by the Americans, more than half the farm was now part of the military base.After all that he still had a kind heart and was so happy when he got the chance to visit America before he died. He didn’t like to talk about the war, I could see that it wasn’t something he wanted to remember, I will never know.My grandmothers tribe was told not to believe in the Indian way and to behave like Americans. They moved near Laredo, TX and said they were from Mexico so they would be treated better. She (Winnie) also had a kind heart. Her tribes history tell many slaughters of other tribes.It seems to me no matter what symbol you fall under there is plenty of bad history to go around.My kids even get teased for being part German. I tell them they are American.I don’t know whether to be proud or ashamed sometimes. Even today as a grown man I am called Nazi, kraut, skin head, half breed, etc, and to do it for the father land. We see the swastika symbol and remember “Never again”,and to have a kind heart.[/QUOTE]