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The common thread was it was preformed by governments. Comparing college kids protesting to nazis and stalinists is just crazy

I never blame the regular German person for the behavior of the Nazis.

I’m a Jew who believes we should move on from the Holocaust—but we in the modern age must learn from past misdeeds, and make sure they are not repeated.

We must be vigilant in this.

I agree with kraftie, we all need to learn to forgive and forget. But at the same time we must make sure that history does not repeat itself.

Big Daddy? Did you know that was a reference to Tennessee Williams' Cat On A Hot Tin Roof?

It's actually a pretty common nickname here in the south. So is "Big Mama".

That very well might have been the case with those members of the Nazi Einzatgruppen who had gone along with missions behind Wehrmacht lines to kill Jews, communists, and partisans, then refused to carry out orders on the spot. But they would have known what they had gotten themselves into, and would have had a chance to get a transfer beforehand.

That is also used in the Williams play.
Not to change the subject, but do you have a liking for the works of Tennessee Williams?

I take it back. Be worked up. Be very worked up.

They’re repeated every day in Africa and Asia, world doesn’t care.

Any of the ss were suppose to kill Jews and follow orders so no I’d reckon a lot didn’t know what they’d got themselves into before they were too deep. They didn’t have posters saying “join the ss and kill Jews” Hitler didn’t want the public knowing about the final solution. Just as Stalin didn’t want his people knowing. Just as the western powers don’t want their atrocities known. So sorry once you swore a oath to ss that was it. That’s why no ss soldier was considered possible to be innocent, that’s why often they were shot on sight, that’s why most tried to get rid of their uniforms and look like regulate Tripp’s and that’s why we had to keep them separate so the regular pows wouldn’t kill them.
So the guy signing up to join the ss didn’t know heed be killing millions of innocent people when he joined. It was portrayed as a elite fighting force and they took people the regular army wouldn’t. Much like in America most wanted to do their patriotic duty. Once in most were so twisted they enjoyed it. Imagine marine boot camp but way dehumanizing and way more propaganda and brainwashing. Oh and they were most all taking meth. It was stand issue in all German military rations until later in the war. I’d be terrified to serve in Germany army in ww2. Though there are cases of cowards in the us army getting killed by friendly fire too. They shot and hung up old men and disabled vets who refused to fight. They certainly weren’t going let someone find out about the finally solution who disagrees just transfer so they can tell the world. So you either learned to enjoy it, learn to dull yourself or you died.
Those in the regular army were lucky they got deemed fit to serve.
The Wehrmacht didn’t like the SS. There’s actually a battle where they fought against them along side American troops.

You like to see the world as black in white but it’s a dirty grey. But hey if you want to see all Germany solider as horrible Jew killers go head noting anyone says will stop you.
I personally won’t ignore the nameless who died trying to do something.

Yes, I'm aware of the incident where German Wehrmacht soldiers fought alongside Allied troops against the SS at the end of the war. A movie based on that incident is being made.
The SS were fanatical Nazis, the true believers. They would have been totally dedicated to carrying out the edicts of Nazism, including mass murder. But there were actually two branches of the SS: those who served in combat, and those who worked in the death camps. The latter group were made up of men and women who almost always went in with their eyes open.

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They of course weren't told any such thing on recruitment posters. That was saved for during training and indoctrination, which was all top secret.

Highly doubt they were told then. They’d be trained and indoctrinated to point they’d do anything they ordered to then told about it.
Especially the first mass killings with were spontaneous.
I’m done talking to you on this matter.
Enjoy your naive view of humanity

Thank you.