Same here. My Jewish German grandfather's father was taken by the Nazis and beaten. Somehow he managed to escape. They lost the family bakery on Kristellnacht.

Same here. My Jewish German grandfather's father was taken by the Nazis and beaten. Somehow he managed to escape. They lost the family bakery on Kristellnacht. His synagogue was burnt down that night as well. My grandfather routinely got beaten up at/after school by Hitler Youth. Not to mention many other things. After immigrating to the US he was drafted at 16 to fight in WWII and landed in Normandy on D-Day, where he almost drowned because his landing vessel opened too far from shore and he didn't know how to swim. And his unit was also captured later and he could understand the soldiers who'd captured them debating in German whether to kill them or not. Crazy stories. I know some people are desensitized to it by now, but whenever classmates in school would throw up the Nazi salute at me because they knew I was Jewish or make other anti-Semitic comments/jokes "in jest" always made my blood boil. I still feel this way and don't think I'll ever be desensitized. Even in middle school two decades ago I understood there was a huge lack of Holocaust education. I hope someday that changes. I'm just glad my grandfather is still alive for now and that he was able to share his family's story in a Shoah Foundation interview (I recommend anyone curious to look them up [0]); Shoah Foundation was able to gather a plethora of interviews of Holocaust survivors specifically for this reason of educating about what happened. [0] https://sfi.usc.edu/ https://sfi.usc.edu/ (USC Shoah Foundation)