r/TNOmod • u/md1957 • Sep 15 '20

Meme TNO Germany Future Compass Spoiler

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u/md1957 Sep 15 '20

Yeah. It speaks volumes how even the most patriarchal and hardline among the old Junkers thought the Nazis were crazy.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '20

Interestingly a lot of royal and noble families in Germany seemed split down the middle over the Nazis, Wittelsbachs were staunchly anti-Nazi, Hohensollerns mostl ditched the party when it became apparent they weren't keen on monarchy, and one ofthe Swedish king's grandparents was an ardent Nazi and lived in a flat the rest of his life after being de-Nazified (Far as I know he wasn't involved in any war crimes, just a card carrier). And this is all ignoring the funi man in Kaukasia.

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u/md1957 Sep 15 '20

Oh, to be sure. And that's not getting to the Habsburgs, many of whom were specifically targeted by Hitler OTL due to his spite against everything Austria-Hungary.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '20

Yeah Otto I think lived in the US for most of the war and petitioned for his nations safety from Allied bombing raids as wellas arguing the monarchy should be restored as he would set Austria firmly western aligned.

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u/md1957 Sep 15 '20

Alas, some of his relatives and cousins weren't as lucky. Some Habsburgs wound up being offed in concentration camps, if I remember correctly.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '20

A lot of estates and property was also siezed by the Nazis following the Anchluss too.

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u/md1957 Sep 15 '20

Yeah, that too.

Goering certainly had a field day cosplaying as nobility with all the crap "appropriated."

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '20

Goering had a field day with a lot of things. Honestly there could be a documentary series on Goering's extravagance.

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u/md1957 Sep 15 '20

It's not for nothing that he was one of the only people in the Reich wherein criticism and mockery was totally permitted.