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Scharnhorst becomes a museum with a difficult crew legacy

Scharnhorst becomes a museum, while the crew includes both active fascists and sailors who are not Nazis.

Question

What if the battleship Scharnhorst and her crew appeared today?

Short answer

The ship becomes a museum, and its crew must be distinguished individually rather than treated as uniformly Nazi.

Notes

Scharnhorst would become a museum ship. Some crew members would be active fascists, creating an immediate political problem. Others would not be Nazis, so the crew could not be treated as politically uniform.