I didn’t see his age in the article, he to be pushing 100, why bother? This is what is left the privates as all the higher ups are long dead.
Back in the early 80’s I went to Europe to visit distant relatives.
In Germany I met cousin who fought in WW2. He basically said “We had no choice.” He ended up in an American POW camp and said he was treated better there than in the German army.
How do we know, after all this time, if this guy had a choice?
This seems kinda silly.