On Germans, Germany, and Captain America. (VERY slight SPOILER)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

For some reason I got all tingly inside reading this. Emphasis mine.

http://www.pvponline.com/2011/07/27/the-first-avenger

One line the movie that floored me was when Abraham Erskine said to a skinny Steve Rogers “People forget that the first country the Nazis invaded was their own.” I am of mixed heritage. German-Italian. Mom’s side is Italian, and my dad’s is German. Dad’s an immigrant who came over on the U.S.S. United States in 1957. If you ask him he tells you he’s an American. When he visits Germany he tells them that he’s a visiting American in fluent German. He’s very proud of his German heritage and culture but has not always felt it was okay to be so.

When we watch WW2 movies (which we both love) and he always says “There were good Germans too. They never say that. Germans suffered at the hands of the Nazis too.” And I always have felt bad about that for him. Because he’s as American as they get. But he loves all things German too.

So here we have this comic book movie STEEPED in a rich history of punching nazis and sticking it to the Germans. I can’t tell you how much it meant to me that the screenwriters took the time to make Abraham Erskine say those words. And to ask Steve point blank “So you want to kill Nazis?” as a test. It was just the most amazing part of the film for me.

I know that when my dad gets a chance to see the film, he’ll appreciate it too.

:applause:

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. We did and it was one side commentary

on today and the US by the way

[Confusious]

2. There were good germans

The really good ones got shipped off to concentration camps, or put on trial.

look up white rose society or see "hitler: The rise of evil"

most were just to afraid to do anything.