How Germans Cope with Having Nazi Grandparents Millions of Germans have recently been forced to confront a dark family secret: their ancestors were members of the Nazi Party.
The online publication of National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) membership cards has sent shockwaves through German society, revealing that even seemingly innocuous relatives may have been complicit in one of history's most heinous crimes.
The ease with which Germans can now access these records is a double edged sword.