Unfriendly neighbours

I live in with my partner now in this apartment and our neighbour above us, starting to do things that irritates me and my partner... first thing, he always give weird stares on me (thinking of Schei**e ausländer) well, this is normal for me since I am an asian and my partner is a German (people thinking of me are being bought) anyway, other than that, our neighbour are starting not to talk to my partner (my partner helped him over when his late wife passed away with food and cooking this old man doesn´t know how to cook) oh well, during our small celebration for our partnership, this man even tried to called the hausmeister to complain about us but we are smarter to tell the hausmeister about our little celebration so we were safe... then our housemate forgotten to pay electric bill... guess what happened?? I dunno why this neighbour have the key to the main power supply (as these keys are not given to people only the hausmeister have it) he given the key to them and have our house out of electricity (oh well, we were not home when the person came) and when we went to pay back, we asked the electricity company who given the key for that, as we need the person to open the place too... and the name given (our neighbour) the more rediculous thing is he went to keller to check our electricity if we have it (since it was a friday that this happened, we doesn´t get back our electricity until monday) on friday evening when we were sitting in the small garden in the apartment (gosh, these are annoying)

Everytime when I went out alone and met him, he acted as if he doesn´t know me but I say Guten Morgen to him but he was so reluctant to reply... any advice on this hard part?

My advice is not to take his treatment of you personally. When you see him treat him cordial by smiling and giving him the greeting of the day (Guten morgen, guten abend etc.) or simply saying hello, avoid the small talk, and don't let him know any of your business. Lastly, don't speak about him negatively to any of the other neighbors as this could perpetuate the problem. This is about all you can do.

just smile at him and greet him politely. People that are trying to create problems hate it even more when they are not sucessful. Don't let him know you don't like him, it will keep him guessing.

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
Confucius

Smile, and greet him by name.

Just keep replies nice and simple.Only talk to him when needed.Like everyone else says do not let him know that he is getting to you.Rise above it all.Failing that get your partner to talk to the guy.Your partner should demand respect in your name.

aah...why so many problems regarding NEIGHBOURS in germany?
but I've been told (by german) that most old people who always think when they bought a part of building they think they own the whole building!

Murder them

giorgio,
It's too bad we can choose an apartment but not the neighbours. You'll just have to get used to the fact you have an old nazi in your midst. Unless he does something illegal and you've got witnesses, there's not much you can do.
I would not try the nice-nice routine on him though. Guten morgen and Guten abend around the place I'll always do with people I don't know, but if I find out they're ignoring me or as in your case showing clear disrespect, that's it. No greeting the next time. They don't exist.

Learn to love and appreciate them. Dealing with obnoxiousness on a daily basis now will make it a lot easier to deal with the sunny and pleasant disposition of the locals later. Think of it this way, they're helping you integrate.

Oh please! He is just a silly old git. Don't go around using the N word for anyone you do not like.

So clever of you to spot that he is an old Nazi. Do you not think that his view of the world may be coloured by the fact that his wife has died recently? OK, he may be a miserable old sod - I think I might be a bit grumpy if my long-term partner died. Maybe he is taking out his anger on the world in general? No can't be, he must be an old Nazi.

Do people in Berlin actually talk to their neigbours. Ok an Hallo and nothing more.

Try pointing at him and laughing loudly.

oh... his wife passed away years ago back... my partner are kinda getting worked up by him now... and my partner actually avoid meeting him even in staircase... lol... well, he speculate stuffs about us... now few of our neighbours are like seeing ghost when seeing us... omg... >.<||| well, guess what? the place that we stayed in is East Berlin... (still many people who thinks like this old guys) and we received a letter from the company we rent the house... saying they received complaints about our storage in keller... >.<||| that is getting terrible... our house mate said he probably have too much time in his hand and sitting there looking at our mistake and trying to get us out of this house... but then we are trying our best to look over it

I suppose I could have called him a racist. Would that have been more accurate for you? I gather the OP is a member of a visible minority.

there is big difference between a nazi and racist.

Not necessarily, he could be a homophobe or just a generally unpleasant guy. Jumping to conclusions like that is just bad form. Is it really necessary to call him anything?

No, not necessary. Just drawing conclusions based on what the OP said. My recommendation she ignore him stands, though. Why be nice to someone who is clearly pre-judging you?

She is a he.

Not that it matters, just clarifying for you.

thanks