# Do American Neo-Nazis care about German culture and the German language, or not really?

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**Created:** [September 18, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-neo-nazis-care-about-german-culture-and-the-german-language-or-not-really/1023141 "2025-09-18T01:04:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-neo-nazis-care-about-german-culture-and-the-german-language-or-not-really/1023141/21 "2025-09-20T15:12:59Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> > [@Loach](#):
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> > They like the image so much that there is a booming business in fake Nazi militaria. The real stuff can be worth a lot of money.
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> That is also collectors, not neo-Nazis.

Yes that’s the usual excuse. Funny how it often seems to be just one side.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-neo-nazis-care-about-german-culture-and-the-german-language-or-not-really/1023141/22 "2025-09-20T15:34:38Z")

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_Well I never been to Deutschland_  
_But I kinda like the bratwurst_

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-neo-nazis-care-about-german-culture-and-the-german-language-or-not-really/1023141/23 "2025-09-20T15:40:11Z")

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As I noted above, any growth in that industry now is pure fanboyz & modern racist skinheads, not amateur historians.

For all the discussions & reading since I was a kid about folks who own or collect Nazi memorabilia, I don’t think I have ever even heard of anyone collecting the contemporary Italian Fascist memorabilia. Not the weapons, not the clothing, not the symbols. Odd that.

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