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[-] AngryMulbear@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

SS was a volunteer unit. They only accepted the most devout and loyal. Those that were willing to do some of the most heinous depraved shit for Hitler.

If you chose to be a part of that, you deserve all the criticism that comes with it. Take offense all you want, I literally don't fucking care.

[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Waffen-SS had 900,000 people by the end of WWII and it included conscripts. Recruitment standards loosened significantly as the war progressed. After the war, the Nuremberg trials specifically exempted conscripts who had been forced into the SS and who had not committed war crimes from any criminal responsibility.

World War II was complicated, especially on the eastern front. Don't assume the "good guys" and "bad guys" were clearly delimited by a simple badge or insignia.

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