As a Californian and a native son. I can recall the 1930s and the 1940s rather well. I can recall the time the teacher went around the room and asked us in what country our parents were born. My father happened to be a legal German immigrant in 1903 and had long been an American citizen. Hitler was at his prime in the late 1930s. I knew that if I answered "Germany". I would have a little trouble on the playground. I was not completely stupid. He was born in Bavaria. and so I answered "Bavaria." Nobody had ever heard of Bavaria.
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