and not all members of the SS committed atrocities. The Einsatzgruppen were the units within the Waffen SS, that carried out the brutalities of the regime. There were other units within the Waffen SS, that were much like our own Special Operations community. If you get a chance, read the book “Hellstorm” it gives a graphic account of the early days of the Soviet occupation of Berlin. Hitler and the SS are demonized, while “Uncle Joe” and the Red Army were glorified for years. The SS weren’t the only brutal ones on the battlefield.
Basically I can understand the Polish and Russian and French attitude which was "this nation has brought hell on earth twice already, it must be obliterated for the sake of humanity" - it is understandable BUT the problem is that the victims of this were women and children. It was one thing to target the soldiers who committed the atrocities but another to kill innocents
Bomber Harris was wrong.