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Wonder how many German SS soldiers refused to kill during Holocaust.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:25 pm
I know from what we always see most were probably hardened soldiers and may not have cared. Surely many developed PTSD, but curious if there were many who refused to do the killings.
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Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:27 pm to Mushroom1968
The Wehrmacht wasn’t the Boy Scouts.
If you failed to follow orders they shot you or sent you into a minefield to clear mines which amounts to the same thing.
If you failed to follow orders they shot you or sent you into a minefield to clear mines which amounts to the same thing.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:28 pm to Mushroom1968
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but curious if there were many who refused to do the killings.
They probably didn't last long if they refused to play their part. Good question, though!
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:29 pm to Mushroom1968
Let's talk about the good things Hitler did
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:31 pm to Mushroom1968
There is a book about one of the execution squads. Also, the Stanford experiment shows how normal people can do bad things.
?"Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland" by Christopher R. Browning
?"Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland" by Christopher R. Browning
This post was edited on 9/1/25 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:33 pm to WestCoastAg
quote:He bled the Russians pretty much down to nothing.
Let's talk about the good things Hitler did
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:34 pm to TT9
quote:Stalin helped
He bled the Russians pretty much down to nothing
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:37 pm to Mushroom1968
This is what you’re thinking about on Labor Day?
You must be fun at parties.
You must be fun at parties.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:39 pm to tide06
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you failed to follow orders they shot you or sent you into a minefield to clear mines which amounts to the same thing.
At least not at first.
But by 1942 operation Reinhard pumped up the killing a lot. In nazi pov, this was more important than winning the war. Really crazy shite. Bloodlust.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:41 pm to thermal9221
They had the SS and kill squads to do the really nasty work but yeah if your Sergeant told you to shoot some prisoners they were getting shot and no one was really concerned what you thought about it.
To be objective the Soviets weren’t taking many prisoners either.
The eastern front was about as nasty as war gets.
To be objective the Soviets weren’t taking many prisoners either.
The eastern front was about as nasty as war gets.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:42 pm to Mushroom1968
In the SS, none. In the Wermacht, probably a small percentage. The Germans developed the gas chambers because indiscriminate shooting of prisoners was taking a mental toll on the SS.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:44 pm to Riverside
Plus they figured out giving your army meth helps alleviate some of the guilt or indecisiveness.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:46 pm to tide06
Well, the only person more cruel than hitler was Stalin.
Much less when you’re invaded and fail.
Much less when you’re invaded and fail.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:47 pm to Shaun176
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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland" by Christopher R. Browning
Recommended reading, although it’s not always the easiest thing to read.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 12:56 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
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You must be fun at parties.
Not really
Posted on 9/1/25 at 1:00 pm to Mushroom1968
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know from what we always see most were probably hardened soldiers and may not have cared. Surely many developed PTSD, but curious if there were many who refused to do the killings.
Why would they? It was a prestigious appointment, and the job they applied for was killing.
Revisionist history is a hell of a drug.
It was only 40 years ago, US recruits sung Jodie’s about napalming children, and wreaking havoc.
Today, you’re getting a mental health evaluation if you mention that you joined the military to kill people.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 1:01 pm to tide06
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The Wehrmacht wasn’t the Boy Scouts.
If you failed to follow orders they shot you or sent you into a minefield to clear mines which amounts to the same thing.
Maybe the SS
Posted on 9/1/25 at 1:18 pm to Riverside
..and maybe because they got to a point where they prized their ammunition
Posted on 9/1/25 at 1:18 pm to Shaun176
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Ordinary Men: Police Battalion 101
Also, Hitler’s Willing Executioners by Daniel Goldhagen.
This post was edited on 9/1/25 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 9/1/25 at 1:19 pm to thermal9221
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Well, the only person more cruel than hitler was Stalin.
Much less when you’re invaded and fail.
Pol Pot might be the WOAT.
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