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Originally Posted by CDSmith
Nazi WWII helmet. No emblem on it, but original color of the german soldier back then.
And I'm not talking about *my* reaction here at all, so no need to come at me from that angle. I'm asking you, what do YOU think. And maybe try tempering your response by trying first to see it through the eyes of war vets who actually fought the nazis. There aren't many around anymore, granted, but there are still quite a few here where I live.
I'm just wondering what the consensus is on it, that's all. I realize not everyone is going to see it all one way.
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Seriously.... depends on context.. My grandfather actually was trained in the Nazi youth corps and fought for the Germans in the war, but I never considered him to be a Nazi. He used it as a way to get out of the Polish slums and not starve to death. His history is something I am quite proud of. He wasn't mentally part of the whole "let's exterminate the Jews" ideal. His unit fought on the Russian front (so he didn't like Russians much at all because of that, and that 6 of his friends got killed by a Russian land mine and he lost his leg as well). My grandparents also weren't very fond of the British coming in and taking the "spoils of war" and forcing german families to live 3/4/5 families to one and two bedroom apartments.
Anyways, I ramble. Technically, my grandfather would be considered a Nazi by anyone without a clue just because he was a German soldier. The whole uniform/helmet/whatnot has no effect on me. It can be in very poor taste if someone wears it certainly, but hey, if he's using it as a brainpan on his motorcycle (it would look especially appropriate on something from that era) perhaps he has his own reasons and they have nothing to do with what everyone else might get in a tizzy over.