[GingisK]

He could easily have volunteered for front line service.

I am guessing that you didn't read the article. He was wounded on the Russian front by a grenade. His company commander and the medical staff ruled him unfit for active duty. He was transferred to the camp as a guard rather than being discharged.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Makes it a little harder to do-si-do out of it, huh.

Depending on one’s attitude, this was considered a shitty job or a plum job. He might have wished he had been fighting on a front, who knows? he was possibly never asked.

[jalisco555]

I am guessing that you didn't read the article. He was wounded on the Russian front by a grenade. His company commander and the medical staff ruled him unfit for active duty. He was transferred to the camp as a guard rather than being discharged.

You're right, I read the article too quickly and missed that. My bad. However, given the fact that no German serviceman was ever punished for refusing to kill Jews I strongly suspect he could have found another rear echelon assignment if he had requested it.