Nazi's SS and my dad

My dad died in early 2001 at the age of 84. He was a WWII veteran with a (shall we say) colorful past. He brought back some souvenirs from the war among which was a really nice German Luger and Mauser. During this Christmas vacation, my brother brought me some of his effects in old military folders. In it was a document that looked like 'papers' that soldiers carried with them complete with photos, and some type of records. However the papers were that of a German SS officer, his picture and apparently his war records. My brother said the Luger was from the officer of whom we had his papers. I have the two weapons since my dad's passing. I don't know what the siblings will do with them. I always kind of wanted them for myself but right now, i just have them. I'm kind of inclined to do some research on this officer and see if I can locate him, his family +/or children and perhaps return the dossier and weapons. No, I don't feel guilty. It might just be something special for his family. As I think of this I wonder if seeing the papers, picture, dates and locations might bring back horrible memories that have long been tried to be suppressed? It could be extremely painful to see his own dossier if he is still alive... probably near 90 now. If I'd ... hell, I have absolutely no idea of what his mind set would be. He may have come to peace with being an SS officer. He might have been a supporting role. Who knows?

He also (and this is where things get really interesting and weird) apparently fathered a child out of wedlock in Iceland sometime during 1940 or 1941. The details are sketchy. My mom knows of this. It occurred before my parents met. He was involved with a beautiful woman who had was the daughter of an ambassador or governor or some type of leader. She became pregnant and her influential father tried to sue for paternity. He denied the child was his. Somehow, he needed the help of the vice-president of the USA who was a Kentuckian to wield some influence. He was transferred to Ft. Benning in Georgia and later went to France and then Germany. The story goes, that his 'girl friend' moved to Kentucky and married. The child is thought to have been a girl. Among some of dads remains, we found some military records of when he was stationed in Iceland. We also found a picture of an attractive woman that was torn in 4 pieces along with several small scraps of paper that were torn as well. While trying to piece this letter together, my daughters found the word "illegitimate child" and pieced together just a tantalizingly small portion of the typed letter. There appears to also be two pictures torn up of which are a small child. My daughters are attempting to piece the pictures together but there appears to be pieces missing of both the photographs and the letter that keep us from getting a more complete understanding of what happened.