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I have my roots in Germany and Italy where it’s pretty common to either have or know people who have “historically notorious” surnames, and therefore the whole
by qubex 7y ago
I have my roots in Germany and Italy where it’s pretty common to either have or know people who have “historically notorious” surnames, and therefore the whole idea of “burning names” never caught on (fortunately, I might add).
- SilasX 7y agoExcept Hitler.
- bhaak 7y agoHitler was a rare (maybe even unique?) name to begin with, being a spelling variation of "Hiedler" for unknown reasons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Hitler#Change_of_surname https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Hitler#Change_of_surname
- mhd 7y ago'Adolf' on the other hand went basically extinct.
- big_chungus 7y agoThat's much easier with a first name because they aren't typically passed down. Some families do to an extent, but not like last names.
- slightwinder 7y agoWith the exception of adolf, hitler and other evil masterminds. To some degree typical mobbing-names could be also seen as burned.
- Tomte 7y agohttps://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdie-partei.net%2Fnortheim%2Ffiles%2F2018%2F09%2FEU-Liste.png&f=1&nofb=1 https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F... They found people named "Bomb, war, Göbbels, Speer, Keitel, Heß, Bormann, Eichmann" to run for Parliament.
- slightwinder 7y agoYes, it's a parody. They got many heat and attention for it.
- Tomte 7y agoSure, but the names are real.
- slightwinder 7y agoYes, and? Not everyone changed their name after WW2. Not every name is as burnend as the commonly known big evils. Point is many did change their names and people with burnend names receive some discrimination for their names.
- Tomte 7y agoEichmann? Heß? Bormann? Neither "commonly known", nor "evil"?