Comment Re: Sensible ruling (Score 1) 91
The few of my family that were drafted into the war, did not fight for the Nazis. They fought for survival.
That's what you all say. Especially during the Nuremberg trials. Generally you guys fall into one of three camps:
1. Rationalize it <-- you are here
2. Lie about it
3. Confess to what they did (this is rare)
My grandmother became a "super Christian" as she ran for shelter during the bombings into the Dom.
Yes, nazi land got bombed, I already know this. My forbearers were the ones bombing it. And after the conquest, my country had to occupy yours for the long haul until denazification was complete. We also spent billions over the next 40 years to keep you from being completely overrun by Stalin and his successors, which was basically another form of nazism, something you guys have either completely forgotten about or outright denounce us over. And unlike them, we never had any intention or desire of keeping your doucheland afterward.
everyone else died in the war
Or they just never said anything and lost contact, like those on the other side of the rat lines who lived out the rest of their lives under a false identity. Isn't it convenient how all of you guys are either dead or victims, but never perpetrators? But believe it or not, this is by design. It began as soon as it became undeniable that the war wasn't going in your favor. It's called "the myth of the clean wehrmacht". Initially you guys were all lumped in with Hitler by everyone who wasn't you, until the west had a strategic interest in playing into the myth, because it was in our interest to use you in in the cold war against the nazis of the east. In other words, we needed to use defeated nazis to fight newly empowered nazis, and ideally cancel each other out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
To wit:
The Supreme Commander of NATO, U.S. General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, having previously stated his belief that the "Wehrmacht and the "Hitler gang" (Nazi Party) were all the same",[4] explicity reversed this position during a 1951 visit to Germany when he claimed that there was "a real difference between the German soldier and Hitler and his criminal group". From there on, the United States began to facilitate German rearmament in light of their deep concern over Soviet dominance of Eastern Europe. The British became reluctant to pursue further trials and released already-convicted criminals early.
Whatever helps you sleep at night.