Poppy etiquette for Germans

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Nc but long time member.

I am German. I have lived in the UK pretty much all my adult life (my choice, not circumstance). Every year I have an internal debate about whether I should/ should not wear a poppy. Mindful also that I work in a formal, customer facing environment and don’t have a noticeably German accent.

Pros:
_Good cause I support
_On a personal level, very grateful for the sacrifice, particularly WW2, which my parents vividly and horribly remember
_Feel fully part of British society, my children are British etc

Cons
_Feels strangely disrespectful to wear a poppy when my quite recent ancestors caused so much death and destruction
_I’ve had an elderly neighbour at the door selling poppies who would only sell to my husband, so feelings obvs strong in that generation and I don’t want to offend

So over to you, wise Mnetters. AIBU to wear a poppy?

It's not true that Germany doesn't commemorate the victims of war including soldiers.
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkstrauertag

I would personally only wear the white poppy in remembrance of all victims of war not only fallen soldiers (the red poppy is ONLY for soldiers).

@BananaSandwichesEveryDay best explanation of cricket ever. I read it and nodded and said "yes" the whole way through.

As far as I am concerned the foot soldiers who died on both sides deserve respect and rememberance. Wear your poppy if you want to and remember the poor sods who died under horrific conditions fighting one another because of the crazed ideology of a few nutters.

I always remember that Xmas day football match where hostilities were suspended and the troops from opposing sides came out and played a game of football before returning to their trenches to go back to trying to kill one another. If that doesn't show you that the normal German soldier was no better or worse than the normal British one then nothing will. The whole thing was just a massive tragedy for all concerned.