His real name is Phillip Eide, and Eide is actually a Norwegian surname, not a German surname. But I guess he liked the idea of Nazifying his last name, which suits him. And before Dante or qtns2di4 attacks me for it, no, I don't think all Germans are Nazis.

No True Scotsman German?

Most of the non-Nazi Germans either fled Germany on time, or were killed or imprisoned themselves. By the time the war erupted, Germany was entirely Nazified. Even the ones who were not supporters or members of the Nazi party in the beginning had been boiled slowly into at least accepting Nazification as the new normal, even if not actively to participate into it.

OTOH, as the Nazis invaded and occupied other countries, they never did anything alone. In every country they invaded they found voluntary, willing collaborators. In some countries they were manier, in others fewer, but in every country there were collaborators. So, while you can blame the Nazi party core uniquely, by the point you assign blame to all of "Germany" you really have to assign it to "Europe."

And:

'Xavier' is of course a variant of 'Savior'

Of course not.

Xavier is a Basque name (the correct modern orthography is "Xabier" - Basque does not distinguish B and V sounds) meaning "New Home" (cf. It. "Casanova," Fr. "Maisonneuve)" - from where it passed to French and medieval Spanish. The X is supposed to be pronounced "sh" but as Spanish phonetics changed in the early modern era, it is now pronounced "h" in standard Spanish and usually written with a J to reflect this change. In French X has never been pronounced as "sh" and so the northerners not used to see the Basque, Gascon or Catalan orthographies have always pronounced it "ks~tz"

It has nothing at all to do with "savior" and its use as name in all likelihood predates the Christianization of Euskal Herria.






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