Word: westhagen
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...German nationalism, it is untrue that "Scandinavian literature was influenced by the Nazis." In reality, it was the Nazis who attempted to assimilate this Scandinavian literature in an effort to further strengthen their own 'Aryan' identity. MARCELLINE BLOCK '01 ELIZABETH A. CHIAPPA '01 SARAH B. SCHAUSS '01 JENNIFER K. WESTHAGEN...
Jennifer K. Westhagen '01, the society's treasurer and social attache, cites similar reasons for joining the group. Her family lives in a large Scandinavian community in Seattle...
...There you can walk down the street and hear people speaking Scandinavian languages," Westhagen says...
...Westhagen studied Scandinavian dance as a child and says her father watches Norwegian television on an international channel at home...
...Westhagen says she is concerned with breaking down the conception held by the general public that the Scandinavians were supporters of Hitler. She says Scandinavian literature was influenced by the Nazis, but in actuality the king of Denmark at the time, and in fact many Scandinavians, were vocally opposed to anti-Semitism...