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Did I do the right thing? My great-grandfather was a Nazi. He passed away last week in Germany. Everyone in our family deserted him after the war because he murdered a lot of Jews. I needed to meet him before he died. I went to Germany alone, and spent his last week with him. He was lucid until the end, at 94. I’m 28. He never even met my father, his grandchild.
He was very nice and kind to me. He gave me some of his old journals and pictures, and an old Swiss watch his grandfather gave to him. I got to love him for a week; he told me he wished he had a lot more time to spend with me. He essentially begged me for forgiveness and for me not to desert him when he passed. He told me how his life after the war was a living hell because he didn’t have his family- they never forgave him. He did not want to be alone when he made his final transition in life. I was there, I comforted him, we hugged, we cried together, I held his hand as he took his last breath. He said he felt more pure joy in the week I spent with him than he had these past 70 years. I told him I loved him and vice versa.
Should I have comforted an old, dying man despite the unforgivable things he did? My grandfather and father found out I was there and are giving me the thrid degree for going to that “b****** who’s burning in hell”. I think everyone should be comforted at the end, because it’s scary.

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  • You did the right thing. Because in the end, you are family and you should always be there for one another.

    Anonymous January 13, 2019 4:16 pm Reply
  • Someone needs to be there to see to us at the end, whether family member or stranger. You were there in a way none of the victims of the gas chambers, clubbings, shootings, hangings had. So you did for him what no one did for all those helpless human beings. You did what you did for you, not for him. There is no hell so no worries there, the way the human existence is set up is “One man’s boot in the other man’s face” and “Survival of the fittest.” The Nazis had the numbers, the weapons, the money and the intent and they went for it, but then they fall on their faces. Game over, no foul, no penalty, no punishment for many of them and that’s the way it goes, man.

    Anonymous January 13, 2019 4:48 pm Reply
  • You did nothing wrong. No one should die alone. If you want to understand why he did the things he did read up on Milgrams conformity experiment; the experiment showed why so many Nazis went along with murders despite having been just the average person before.

    Anonymous January 13, 2019 6:29 pm Reply
  • If this is true, then what you did was fine. If he’s 94 now, he must have been in his late teens when he was a Nazi and very much a junior who is following orders given by their seniors/elders.

    Anonymous January 13, 2019 7:45 pm Reply
  • History is written by the victors. And they sure do twist it and change the facts.

    The Nazi Party helped the people of Germany after devastating terms were imposed on them for losing WWI. The German people were being starved to death and many died in agony for lack of medical care.

    If you think that the Nazis were evil then you need to do some research and studying about the times and the war that followed after JUDEA declared war on Germany.

    Anonymous January 13, 2019 9:23 pm Reply
  • What you’ve done is amazing, be proud of yourself for doing what everyone else wouldn’t! Don’t doubt kindness for a second!! Your great grandfather was probably regretting his choices for the whole of his life, so it’s great that he had a chance to be happy thanks to you šŸ™‚

    Anonymous January 13, 2019 11:05 pm Reply
    • This means so much to me. Thank you. šŸ˜Š

      Anonymous January 14, 2019 10:29 am Reply

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