What did your Opa do during the war?

Germany’s liberal newspapers have turned Nazi-era family secrets into a subscription product — exploiting guilt, suspicion and the darker side of the country’s culture of remembrance.

Dear Reader,

“Was your granddad in the SS?” asks the headline on the homepage of Der Spiegel. “What did your family do under Hitler?”

Want to find out whether Opa had a dirty secret that he never admitted to? Pay for a subscription and you can now find out!

But you don’t have to pay for Der Spiegel if that’s not your thing. The Süddeutsche Zeitung is also …