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highthief · 10-05-2007, 11:11 AM

Wasn't the SS a mostly volunteer outfit? There's a difference between the average conscript and the SS, no?

At any rate, he's a liar - "I didn't know what was going on". C'mon - the smell of burning bodies, the prisoners dying of malnutrition if not the ovens? You were there, sport. And you lied to get in. Out you go, oldtimer!

Hell, my wife's grandparents were on both sides of the fence and both knew what was going on (although to what extent is debateable). Her grandmother happily joined the Nazis; her grandfather went to the camps himself (despite being pure German) because he was ideologically opposed to what was happening.

Edit: I just looked it up: the SS was a volunteer outfit until the end of 1943. People who joined after that may have been conscripts or volunteers. I believe German law prohibits military benefits to those who were members prior to 44.

10-05-2007, 11:11 AM	#58 (permalink)
highthief Junkie Location: Ontario, Canada	Wasn't the SS a mostly volunteer outfit? There's a difference between the average conscript and the SS, no? At any rate, he's a liar - "I didn't know what was going on". C'mon - the smell of burning bodies, the prisoners dying of malnutrition if not the ovens? You were there, sport. And you lied to get in. Out you go, oldtimer! Hell, my wife's grandparents were on both sides of the fence and both knew what was going on (although to what extent is debateable). Her grandmother happily joined the Nazis; her grandfather went to the camps himself (despite being pure German) because he was ideologically opposed to what was happening. Edit: I just looked it up: the SS was a volunteer outfit until the end of 1943. People who joined after that may have been conscripts or volunteers. I believe German law prohibits military benefits to those who were members prior to 44. __________________ Si vis pacem parabellum. Last edited by highthief; 10-05-2007 at 11:18 AM..