I am looking for a way to view my ownership of this gun without disrespecting the life of the soldier or soldiers that it may have taken.
We won. They lost. We get to play with their stuff.
I think this pretty much covers it.
One way to look at it is that these are the weapons (and gear, flags, uniforms etc) of the DEFEATED ENEMY!
They are war trophies, taken from the vanquished foe, and displayed to honor those who did it. It's as old a custom as civilization.
I understand your emotional response to Nazi ideology and history, but by transferring THEIR EVIL to the tools they happened to use, you are falling for one of the older, and bigger lies ever told.
The idea that THINGS can be evil. It is a very old idea, codified into various laws from the middle ages onwards (and likely before in some places).
IF something harmed someone, it was evil, and forfeit to the Crown, or the Crown's designated representative. It's worked very well for the benefit of the elite and nobility for the last few centuries, but it is, and always has been, at its heart, a lie.
The Luger (Pistole Parabellum P.08) is the iconic handgun of IMPERIAL GERMANY. The Kaiser's Germany. WWI Germany.
Yes, the Nazis used them, made them and marked them, but they also stopped making them in the middle of the war (42) As already noted, the primary standard was the Walther P.38. Lugers were a secondary standard, and they also used weapons from Occupied nations as well.
Every evil leering Nazi officer or Gestapo man having a Luger is a Hollywood fantasy. Iconic, but not reality.
Another way to look at it is that "THIS Luger/Mauser98k/P.38 etc, won't kill any Allied troops or innocent civilians while I have it!!"
If you are serious about wanting a Luger that you can be certain didn't do anything evil to anyone, it can take a bit of searching, but they can be had. I have one, bought brand new in the box, stainless steel, and made in TEXAS!
And yes, it is absolutely a Luger. And in the classic P.08 pattern.