Replies

You wrote:

“but I’ll bet he was in the Hitler Youth group.”

You do realize that it was the law that all youths had to be in the Hitler Youth, right? He had no choice.

“Don’t trust this guy, he’s a Nazi...”

There’s no evidence he was a Nazi. Being drafted into the Waffen SS didn’t make you a Nazi.

" Being drafted into the Waffen SS didn’t make you a Nazi."

From the article you posted:

"He said he volunteered mainly to “get away. From constrictions, from the family. I wanted to put an end to all that, and so I volunteered."

In his own words, he volunteered for subs, then when he couldn't get that he volunteered for the Waffen SS. He wasn't drafted, he had a choice. He wanted to be there. The Waffen SS hunted down Jews for extermination. He can deny things all he wants, just like the rest of them deny it. If he was in the Waffen SS he was a good little German following the party line...