What do you think of historical re-enactments?

Before you pass any other judgments on people wearing Nazi SS uniforms for entertainment purposes, you might want to read up on what exactly Nazi SS soldiers were doing during WW2. According to the Nuremberg Trials as well as countless war crimes investigations and trials conducted over the past sixty years, the SS was responsible for the vast majority of war crimes perpetrated under the Nazi regime. In particular, it was the primary organization which carried out the Holocaust. As a part of its race-centric functions, the SS oversaw the isolation and displacement of Jews from the populations of the conquered territories, seizing their assets and transporting them to concentration camps and ghettos, where they would be used as slave labor (pending extermination) or immediately killed. Now, why would a modern American politician feel the need to pretend to be a member of such monstrous group, if he did not share their ideas, goals and dreams? And what kind of a lesson can anyone learn from playing a Nazi SS officer? What other than complete horror and repulsion feeling can anyone experience from observing the rituals they performed? The thing I am the most disappointed with is that there was only one individual with enough common sense to question this degenerate’s behavior. FYI, Germany and its people are still deeply ashamed of their monstrous actions during WW2. So, according to people who had a lot more culturally, traditionally and geographically in common with Nazis than any modern American politician ever could, reenactment of monstrosities of SS personal are sacrilegious. So, the only thing we can learn from what happened during WW2 is to always pay attention, so we are able to take steps to avoid extermination of nations that are smaller than us. And you don’t need to dress up to learn that lesson. Or do you?

I don't think it's disrespectful at all. Having grown up in Maryland and taken school trips to see Civil War re-enactments it is very educational.

In situations like Nazi's I can understand why people don't want to partake in that sort of re-enactment. While slave owners weren't known to be too nice to their slaves, they pale in comparison to what the Nazi's did. I think that while it's important to remember that part of history, most people couldn't stomach that sort of re-enactment. And I think it could have a negative impact on any politician to play the role of a Nazi soldier.

1. most historical re-enactments HAVE to be accurate. 2. No, it shows no disrespect as long as you are not being a smart alack and purposely being disrespectful. 3. What does acting the part of a historical character got to do with politics? There is no right or wrong side. They are done to help show what happened in the past so they are good for education.

People will make the biggest deal out of the STUPIDEST shіt.

People aren't happy until they either find a problem or make one.

TEAWITCH~ A man is running for office and someone dug up a photo of him in a Nazi uniform while participating in a reenactment. Now the idiots of the nation think he's a Nazi.

I've actually never seen or heard of a WWII re-enactment. I bet that would be complicated to pull off! Usually it's the Civil War or Revolution, something from the musket and battlefield days.

Well, the American Civil is a little different since they were all Americans, and it was for a "good cause", or so they'd like you to believe.

However, Germany has very strict laws against portraying Nazis and even writing the words Deutschland über Alles because of the implications.

I'm unaware of any WWII reenactment but I rather doubt that there is any loss of respect on either "side". Most Civil war re-enacters that I know treat all participants as members of a club, regardless of the "side" that they play.

I think if you ever think you might want to run for a government position you might not want to participate in one wearing a Nazi SS uniform.

Actually, it's not just the Jewish politician who is criticizing the guy.

And unless something more than this comes up, they're pretty much all idiots.

Hello,

Very good in my books. They have their place in educating the public and getting people interested in history.They are a great help to the film industry both for documentaries and entertainment.

Cheers,

Michael Kelly