I would agree if he were an SS member who volunteered to join the SS, and got assigned to the camp, that would be one thing. People knew when they joined the SS what they were all about. A German was not forced to join the SS, it was strictly voluntary.
Demjanjuk’s only choices were to be a guard, or get a bullet in the brain. I think that should be a clear distinction.
A German was not forced to join the SS, it was strictly voluntary.
Not true.A family member was married to a man who was drafted into the SS at 16 and sent to the Eastern Front. There were many drafted to fill the ranks of the Waffen SS that was decimated in Russia