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In a recent WWII Days reenactment, some participants played the Nazis; here’s why they did it

ROCKFORD, Ill. (Tribune News Service) — Someone has to play the bad guy. Someone has to play the Nazi. “It’s a costume, man,” one guy in an SS uniform told me. They were also here as educators, as ...
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In a recent WWII Days reenactment, some participants played the Nazis -- we talked to them about why they do it

Someone has to play the bad guy. Someone has to play the Nazi. Otherwise, how do you teach history? I heard this a lot. Whenever I would ask anyone portraying a German soldier at Rockford, Illinois' ...
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In a recent WWII Days reenactment, some participants played the Nazis — here’s why they do it

Like many WWII reenactors, sometimes he plays an Allied soldier, though usually he plays a German lieutenant. He prefers to play a German. Reenactors call this an “impression,” and usually they have ...