Comments by "Sisu Guillam" (@sisuguillam5109) on "The End of an Era..." video.

@brianplum1825 I am aware - but while you might hear just sanguinis in a legal context you will only hear 'german blood' and versions there of from people who are of a certain mind frame (and/or ignorant).
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@brianplum1825 there is no such thing as german by blood. If you try to tell someone you are german by blood they will think that you are a Nazi.
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@SoCalGuy-gp2wl my... aren't you charming?
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@salbuda6957 German style clothes? What? What are those, please? Does she mean hessian? Which part of Hessen? Bavarian? Which part? Northern german? Which part? German style clothes are not a thing. Are we supposed to believe she wore Tracht to school? And if so which Tracht?
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@ANNEWHETSTONE you mean about the german blood or being ethnically german? You explained your heritage perfectly- and in a way that makes sense to a german because we understand that 'being german' means different things in different places at different times in german history. I am a mix of hessian/thuringian/(tiny special part) northern german. Only one bit of that mix might count as having a ethnical identity... while all have a cultural identity. Oh, wait... my hessian part would be split into two because the bit I was born is not the one my great grandpa was born... and they would express themselves completly different. German history is like that. There are ethnical minorities in Germany (the Sorbs for example) who are not ethnically german... but they are still german. Your family is a very good example what being german means when you look at the history of Germany within the context of a family's history. Prussians who speak Platt? Chef's kiss! German history is so friggin confusing and makes absoluty no sense if you appyly the same parameters that might fit France or Great Britain. Someone who says (as this lady apparantly does) that they wore german style clothes to school makes no sense whatsoever within a german context. Not just because there is no such thing as german clothing (a Tracht that would apply to all of Germany) but because it does ignores the class aspect of clothing in german history. If she wore a Dirndl to school she basically wore an upper class garment worn in Munich inspired by a rural dress specific to a certain area of Bavaria. We even know who came up with the concept of the modern Dirndl that now stands in for 'bavarian female dress'. May I recommend Simon Winder's Germania? His book explains why german history is the way it is and how it is much better than I ever will be able to.
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@ZechsMerquise73 there is no such thing as being ethnically german.
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