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re: When did the German soldiers of WWII realize they were the 'bad guys'?
Posted on 7/18/17 at 3:00 pm to WiredBobcat
Posted on 7/18/17 at 3:00 pm to WiredBobcat
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At some point during the war, the average soldier probably heard rumors or knew about the mass killing of Jews in their concentration camps.
So the average soldiers at the front knew of an extermination plan that was done secretly at remote camps? Even the allies who were reading the Germans coded messages hadn't determined it was happening until the very end of the war.
The typical German soldiers didn't view themselves as bad guys at all, even after the war was over.
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Posted on 7/18/17 at 3:04 pm to ChewyDante
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remote camps
Not necessarily.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 6:19 pm to ChewyDante
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The typical German soldiers didn't view themselves as bad guys at all, even after the war was over.
Yeah. Running through Poland, Belgium, France, and Russia machine gunning down men, women and children. Pretty easy not to figure out you're not the bad guy. ??
Posted on 7/18/17 at 11:03 pm to ChewyDante
quote:This.
The typical German soldiers didn't view themselves as bad guys at all, even after the war was over.
They were either fighting for the Fatherland or were afraid to be executed by their superiors if they refused to fight.
Most German soldiers had no idea about the Holocaust.
I'm sure many of them knew they were the aggressors of the war but their dedication to the Fatherland overrode those feelings.
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