IMHO, they might have felt compelled to do so- in the 90s Germany's Neonazis were at their strongest. Amadeu Kiowa was murdered by Neonazis in 1990. The Solinge

IMHO, they might have felt compelled to do so- in the 90s Germany's Neonazis were at their strongest. Amadeu Kiowa was murdered by Neonazis in 1990. The Solingen fire-bombing by Nazis (5 people dead) was 1993, the Luebeck refugee home burning killed 10 people in 1996. That decade saw dozens of refugee homes burned down with dozens of murdered people. Look at the list of refugee home attacks during the 90s, with a peak in 1993 (I count 61 attacks) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_fl%C3%BCchtlingsfeindlicher_Angriffe_in_Deutschland_1990_bis_2013 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_fl%C3%BCchtlingsfeindlic... I can understand why your parents felt the pressure to have you fit in!