Who would have thought that he was such a badass?
2006-08-19 15:01:19 · 5 answers · asked by Ejsenstejn 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
No, we all make mistakes, the times were different, it was a war. It is not like he ran a concentration camp or something.
2006-08-24 01:16:29 · answer #1 · answered by kemchan2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he was a tank gunner, it would have been OK. He, however, belonged to the Waffen-SS, which is responsible for some of the most horrible atrocities of the Third Reich.
Yes, it bothers me that an advocate of "morality" was a Nazi and member of a brutal and outlawed organization.
2006-08-20 08:35:18 · answer #2 · answered by denand2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a tank gunner isn't the problem.The problem was that he was in the Waffen SS. These were the complete and total Nazi soldiers. The ones that would kill a child as though they were killing a bug.Hitlers personal soldiers.
2006-08-19 22:11:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. He's shown is true stamina over more than half of century of serious work as an intellectual and novelist. He was young back then and his involvement in Nazi corps was brief.
2006-08-19 22:08:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, he's been more than contrite. . .
2006-08-20 04:23:29 · answer #5 · answered by Drew 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋