Thanks for your reply Imme.....again...I do it all because I enjoy it and have done lots of other impressions and though I do not try to offend anyone I dont go out of my way not to either. I do it for myself and my Kameraden and to honor the men that fought ,died, were lied to and used in WWII and it has nothing to do with Hitler to me.Sheikh Al Stranghi wrote:Actually, my country was liberated by the Canadians and the US troops got their arses handed to them here. But that has nothing to do with my point, which is that you should consider the sensitivity of what you are doing to have fun.
If you had the choice between potraying a:
Regular non-stereotypical nazi looking Heer officer
Regular non-stereotypical nazi looking SS officer
Fanatical waffen - SS haircut extremely nazi looking officer (Officer or NCO, doesn't matter, that's a detail)
I would always choose the first, and leave the 2nd option to others, but I would find it acceptable. The third option is also acceptable, because you can't tell people what to do and what not to do (within legal boundaries of course) but you CAN think about what people will think of you. And that's the difficult part about WW2 german reenacment, it's all about politics and people's opinions...
Simple solution, shave the moustache and lose the walking stick and you'll look a LOT less offensive!
From a reenactment point of vieuw though, thumbs up. You guys look great!
Regards,
Imme
The Wolchow stock is way to cool to "lose" and many thousands of them were made and used in the war especially on the Ostfront.I think a few more guys need to carry them myself instead of losing them. I collect them,amongst other things and find them to be one of the cooler personal items from the war. The mustache...I wont shave because it is fake ! Ha Ha...anyways lets all lighten up and know none of this was meant to upset anyone and was all done in good fun. If we ever start to line civilians up against the wall for photos then that would be way too much and something we would never do, but this is supposed to represent a bunch of SS guys going "out on the town" prowling for the female variety of opponents. Danke,Norbert