Moritz Baumstieger in the Süddeutsche: ‘Like other families in Germany, the author's family has also gained a bitter realization and lost a few illusions in recent days: Two dear relatives were members of the Nazi Party. One applied for membership in Adolf Hitler's party on February 29, 1940, the other just one day later, on March 1 – his 18th birthday.’

And: ‘The fact that the process of coming to terms with the past is finally getting underway in the family WhatsApp group, albeit somewhat belatedly, is due to an archive digitizing its holdings. Not here in Germany, but in the USA.’

And: ‘Because the influx of interested people is obviously huge, the servers of the National Archives have been crashing regularly in recent days.’

Was grandfather a nazi? The past is distant enough to make this almost sexy.

You could also ask: ‘Any relatives who voted for the AfD?’

(a sf 2084)