Big surprise, Nazi memorabilia sold at gun show ...

[dogtag]

Has there ever been a gun show that didn't have Nazi
memorabilia for sale ? Not that I know of. I have a
Nazi dagger I bought at a gun show years back.
Looks neat but it's uncomfortable to hold - probably
just a dress dagger.
So, I'm not sure what the big deal is, but at least
they're not complaining about the guns.
But no naughty Confederate Flags allowed.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2018/10/29/nazi-ornaments-kkk-robe-sold-louisville-expo-center/1807966002/

[togor]

I've always thought of Nazi memorabilia as falling into two categories: captured enemy equipment and general memorabilia of the Third Reich era. I have multiple German firearms that were issued and captured. I see them as trophies taken by the victors by force of arms from an enemy army rightfully defeated, and as such they are symbols of the Nazi defeat in addition to being interesting examples of the craft of firearms design. Memorabilia like Nazi era tree ornaments I would have no use for because that seems to run to a more sentimental direction.

[Roadkingtrax]

Had an occupation produced Hi-Power for a bit, nice pistol...but got quickly disinterested once I started to research how they were made during the war.

It's like people that collect Dachau produced china, I understand the history behind it, just keep it in a museum.

[dryheat]

I always thought it was a little creepy but fascinating. Not my thing to collect. Remember Falling Down with Robert Duvall? Frederick Forrest played the creepy pawn shop collector. He was excited about the old Zyklon B canisters. Kind of what I pictured collectors like.

[bostonbound]

Had an occupation produced Hi-Power for a bit, nice pistol...but got quickly disinterested once I started to research how they were made during the war.

It's like people that collect Dachau produced china, I understand the history behind it, just keep it in a museum.

It would be difficult to find many weapons from Nazi Germany (and maybe Japan) that did not have some association with slave labor.

America's Favorite Nazi used slave labor, and went to his superiors (and perhaps to Hitler) for more personnel as needed at Peenemuende (don't know how to type an umlaut). He is credited for "putting Man on the moon". For a good laugh, listen to the song "Werner von Braun" by Tom Lehrer.

You are right - Dachau china would make me shudder. I would have this horrific picture in my head (hopefully not true) of a new meaning for "Bone China". The Nazi's were capable of anything - I've been to the Holocaust Museum.

But I do agree with Togor () that enemy weapons have, somehow, a different flavor. This is especially true for my Nazi Browning High Power. I do not shoot it because, per at least one highly regarded source, slave workers (which may, in this case, not be the exactly correct term) sabotaged parts that went into the German weapons.

[clintonhater]

But no naughty Confederate Flags allowed.

Contemptible cowards.

[blackhawknj]

Nazi memorabilia has a cachet to it that anything from Fascist Italy, Stalin's USSR, Mao's China does not. At the same time no worse than all the people who wear Che memorabilia.

[Vern Humphrey]

Nazi memorabilia has a cachet to it that anything from Fascist Italy, Stalin's USSR, Mao's China does not. At the same time no worse than all the people who wear Che memorabilia.

No worse, indeed. Che was a psychotic serial killer.

[lyman]

had an Aunt,
her 3rd (or 4th?) husband was a Wizard in the KKK,
found this out after they divorced,

he was actually a nice guy, pleasant to talk to, until he had a few drinks, then he would sometimes go off on a tangent about jews, catholics, blacks and whoever else they were supposed to hate,
odd thing is he seemed to grow up as he got older, (despite his faults, he was still in contact with some of the family) and eventually got out of the KKK,

guess what he did with all his stuff (robe, books, pamphlets etc)...........................................


he sold them to collectors, most of whom were black

no idea if he is still alive, have not heard from him in 15 yrs or more (aunt is long passed)

[dogtag]

Blacks collect White memorabilia - (the Honky in the woodpile)

[Major Tom]

Anything associated with 'nazi' is over priced IMHO.