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The punch that ‘burst the bubble’: residents of Hitler’s alpine home rise up against neo-Nazi visitors (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 41 points 10 months ago

Brandner – who has been learning-disabled since being hit by a car at the age of 17 – was sucker-punched to the ground. “Wankers!” screamed his tattooed assailant. “Come on – three on three.”

Do Germans normally call people wankers?

[-] Vub@lemmy.world 86 points 10 months ago

Yes, ”Wichser”, and it has the exact same meaning and use. If you haven’t noticed the article is in English so they translated it.

[-] Brocon@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Only as an insult.

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 0 points 10 months ago

The English word or is it in German?

[-] Brocon@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

The german word is "Wichser".

[-] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I was hoping it was going to be jaankenschnitzel.

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

Why?

[-] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 2 points 10 months ago

That would have been glorious 😄

[-] avater@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

we usually do not speak english here in germany

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 8 points 10 months ago

I figured, but the article had “wanker” in quotes which seems odd to apply a paraphrase, so I was wanting to see if it was a loanword.

[-] autotldr 21 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Three men wearing Division Deutschland T-shirts, a brand associated with neo-Nazis, had walked up behind him as he was enjoying a drink with friends at a beer table outside the Kuckucksnest bar in the Bavarian alpine town of Berchtesgaden.

“I think it’s very important to say: ‘You don’t get this village back – this historical spot is gone for you forever,’” said Palm, a father of a four-year-old son and two-year-old twin daughters, speaking of the birth that day of a citizens’ initiative known as Berchtesgaden Against the Right.

“The fact that many people from relevant rightwing circles are making pilgrimages to Obersalzberg again today is a thorn in the side of many in the Berchtesgaden valley basin,” a website set up by the initiative says.

By 1936, the Berghof, as it was renamed, was the German Führer’s second seat of power after Berlin, amid a complex of private and government buildings where he spent a quarter of his time as chancellor.

From its “great room”, overlooking the snow-capped Untersberg massif, Hitler launched the invasion of Poland in September 1939, plotted Operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union and executed the siege of Leningrad at the cost of the lives of 800,000 of its inhabitants.

More immediately, in the next few days, a first step will be made to rename Von Hindenburg Allee, a central street in Berchtesgaden named in 1933 after the-then German president in honour of his decision to make Hitler chancellor.

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[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago

His most dedicated fans should start by reenacting that last painting he did against a bunker wall in 1945.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, "Nazi Punks Fuck Off", on concrete canvass. Truly one of the most uplifting works of our time.

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I visited the place ~20 years ago as a kid with my family, quite amazing if you’re interested in WW2. Saw a few nazis definitely, but also hundreds of normal tourists.

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