[PapaBear3625]

In 1943, he would have been 19, a conscript without any choice in where he was assigned. The decision-makers are all dead by now, so all we have left are the low-level soldiers.

[Hot Tabasco]

a conscript without any choice in where he was assigned.

I agree with you. They were soldiers whose jobs were to carry a rifle and insure no one escaped. They weren't officers making decision, they were following orders. Of course they could have deserted and tried to run away but the Germans didn't take kindly to deserters....

ENDURING ANGST: HOW TO DEAL WITH HITLER'S ARMY DESERTERS?

There have been several old men who were alleged Nazi prison guards who were discovered living in my county. They came here after the war, went to work for the auto industry, raised their families then retired. None of them were officers.

[The_Media_never_lie]

In 1943, he would have been 19, a conscript without any choice in where he was assigned. The decision-makers are all dead by now, so all we have left are the low-level soldiers.

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There are so few former Nazis alive today, that even the low levels who were caught up in the evil regime, are treated like they are Adolf Eichmann!

[jmacusa]

Doesn’t matter. Shoot his worthless ass.