People of Courage Needed

 I am from Germany. My family is German. We all have two sides of the family. I identify with my moms side of the family because I had much more time with them. My grandfather on my dads side backed Hitler during the 30s, he thought he was backing a winner. My great grandfather on my moms side dictated the family tone totally against Hitler. My great grandfather was a great and courageous man. He was mayor (burgermeister) of his town from the mid 30s into WWII. The nazis recruited youth my great grandfather had known and often mentored in his town, those good children turned on him, he took a beating, more than once. He fed and protected Jewish citizens in his town. When the nazis forced everyone under penalty of death to hang a swastika flag out of their windows for a nazi parade he told the women in the house to get material for the biggest flag in town, which was hung out the day of the parade then immediately removed and turned into dresses for the girls. He never did the "Heil Hitler" salute, no instead he would have a grand child in each arm. When the Americans came and threatened the destruction of his town, by himself he walked out to them with a white flag and escorted them in. My grandfather and great uncle on my moms side were both forced into service and ended up on the Russian front, they both survived, barely. My grandfather had been a career soldier since the early 20s, when Hitler took over all Wehrmacht soldiers had to sign into the nazi party, he refused and for that almost died in Stalingrad. My great Uncle was an electrician working for Siemens, he was on the job when the nazis came (late in the war the nazis were desperate for troops) and forced him into the Waffen SS and shipped him to the Russian front because of his protest, he was almost 40 years old, the young troops called him Opa. As a child and young man I heard all the horror my family dealt with under fascist pigs, not enough time to type all the tales. The take away is understanding why I am so dead set against fascist and my deep seeded hatred for them, they are murderers. The democrat party has taken up the nazi flag, now they are the enemy. Now we need courage and courageous people, people willing to stand up to and even die for what is right.....Freedom.