Was grandpa a Nazi? Germans rush online to search the newly released National Socialist archive

Was it the grandfather who was a Nazi? Or the great‑grandfather? Or the grandmother? These are difficult questions to answer. Many families kept silent, and their children — perhaps out of fear of learning the truth — never asked. They moved on, pushing aside everything lived during the Second World War. But now the digitized membership files of the Nazi Party are available to everyone. There’s no need to ask anyone anymore; a few clicks is all it takes.

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