tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12317392.post111720805851327323..comments2023-10-24T03:40:11.527-05:00Comments on VETSPEAK.org: NAZI SOLDIER SYNDROME / Iraq Veterans' Unspoken EpidemicWindbenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11678765699760989446noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12317392.post-17611296482513096142009-04-29T15:01:00.000-05:002009-04-29T15:01:00.000-05:00Hello and my deepest respect and gratitude to ALL ...Hello and my deepest respect and gratitude to ALL war veterans, no matter where they are from or who they have fought. Thank you for defending our freedoms.<br /><br />I have a question which I thought perhaps one of you may address:<br /><br />There is mention here of all kinds of syndromes and one of them mentioned was Nazi Syndrome. I thought I had actually coined that phrase myself! I am not nor ever have been a war veteran. What I am is a first generation Canadian whose parents came over from Germany right after the 2nd World War. My father served in the German army and was a prisoner-of-war in England for five years. He is actually more like a hippie than a Nazi and learned English while there. Decided that Canada was the place to go as it was the wild west and peaceful - far from the torments of Europe. We ended up in a small town in the west where we were relentlessly persecuted(I was even punched in the stomach by a boy 5 years older than myself when I was 5 years old and visiting a friend's house). I felt that we were being made to atone for the sins of our race, even though I was actually born here. There was a lot of hatred out there back then. Remembrance Day was traumatic for me because of this. I have lived with what I have called a kind of survivor's guilt.... The guilt of my race and what happened during the war. Has anyone heard of this? Thanks... German HausfrauAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12317392.post-1117221026308346272005-05-27T14:10:00.000-05:002005-05-27T14:10:00.000-05:00POSTED BY BTXUSA VIA REBELNED I wonder if this cou...POSTED BY BTXUSA VIA REBELNED <BR/><BR/>I wonder if this could be a reason that people in the South are still fighting the "war of agression" (chuckle -- we are from the deep south back to 1686) or civil war? I don't think people in the North are as conscious of that war as Southerners are, or are they? I know that when we lived for a short time in Virginia, we were amazed at how recent that war seemed, when we in Texas were more conscious of the Alamo than the civil war. Perhaps this Nazi Soldier Syndrome affected the South the same way? Just a thought...Windbenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11678765699760989446noreply@blogger.com