Is it OK to collect Nazi memorabilia?

Ron Goldstein · Jan 29, 2014

Belasar

"For some of us dinosaur's this sort of thing will always make us uneasy and the inability of others to understand this feeling only seems to widen the gulf between us."

Beautifully put, so thanks for that.

Ron

belasar · Jan 29, 2014

Thank you Ron.

Now I gotta keep an eye out for that meteor before it makes us history!

ladymage · Jan 29, 2014

belasar said:

Ladymage, You have three different concepts. A collector looks to create a group of artifacts that possess historical significance. Usually to preserve them for posterity, yes sometimes they take it too far and collect things that are just too macabre or insensitive or because they have a perverse fetish, but most collectors are primarily motivated by a love of history.

Re-enactors generally are interested to promoting history as well by making it come to life in real time for those who view them. Again some probably get a kick out of looking "bada$$" in their cool uniforms and carrying menacing weapons, but then again I saw this in people dressed up as Imperial "Stormtroopers" or Klingon's at Sci-Fi conventions.

The thing is that the Cosplay you mention isn't about history but entertainment (like the Sci-Fi conventions) only we here are not talking about purely fictional characters. but ones based upon real life villain's. Villains who still have victims alive today or their children who grew up with a great void in their lives. To them this seems disrespectful, trivializing their anguish. Not unlike the Royal Prince caught in a Nazi uniform for a party a few years back.

There is an old saying "I can't define pornography, but I know it when I see it". This is true about images and acts that are offensive also I fear.

For some of us dinosaur's this sort of thing will always make us uneasy and the inability of others to understand this feeling only seems to widen the gulf between us.
Click to expand...

That was actually...remarkably well-put and I can see where the cosplay would be trivializing it, in a sense. I guess it just depends on two things: how realistic the cosplay is, and how much of the character is based off of the real 'bad guys'.

LRusso216 · Jan 29, 2014

belasar said:

For some of us dinosaur's this sort of thing will always make us uneasy and the inability of others to understand this feeling only seems to widen the gulf between us.
Click to expand...

You have stated much better than I could what makes me unsure of the thinking of people who wear this stuff. Thanks for your insight.

Log in or Sign up

Is it OK to collect Nazi memorabilia?

Ron Goldstein WWII Veteran

belasar Court Jester

ladymage New Member

LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

Share This Page

About US

Useful Links