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To: neverevergiveup

On the other hand, the SS were elites. I believe he was forced into the Wehrmacht, but to join the SS you had to have distinctions.


11 posted on 10/18/2019 2:57:36 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

“On the other hand, the SS were elites. I believe he was forced into the Wehrmacht, but to join the SS you had to have distinctions.”

By that time the SS was taking anyone and everyone - and not all were volunteers.

You could be a half-Jewish Nazi doctor who performed experiments on people in concentration camps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Eppinger

You could be a Nazi spy and Jewish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_von_Hohenlohe

You could be a member of the SS and of Jewish descent:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Maurice#Conflict_with_Himmler_over_Jewish_heritage

And then you have something like the reverse happening as well: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/aug/06/judaism.secondworldwar

When it comes to race and ethnicity things were often more complicated in Nazi Germany than some people realize.


55 posted on 10/18/2019 8:20:00 AM PDT by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Early in the war this was true, but later in the war many were indeed drafted into the SS.


59 posted on 10/18/2019 9:56:38 AM PDT by Grumblesmurf
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