[Dr. Eckleburg]

Never fired the weapon, deserted.

Ratzinger joined the anti-aircraft corps in 1943 and deserted (along with half the German army) two years later in 1945.

Those Nazi commanding officers must have been some swell guys to permit one of their soldiers to refuse to fire a shot for two entire years during the height of the war.

slander....your specialty.

Please stop breaking the FR rules by "making this personal."

[Petronski]

You previously said he joined the Hitlerjugend, but this is false. He was conscripted.

Ratzinger joined the anti-aircraft corps in 1943...

He was drafted. During that time, the weapon was never fired and he was permitted to continue his studies three days a week. He was discharged from anti-aircraft duty in September 1944. In November he was redrafted into the infantry but missed most of his basic training due to poor health. He deserted near the end of the war.

Those Nazi commanding officers must have been some swell guys to permit one of their soldiers to refuse to fire a shot for two entire years during the height of the war.

Your basic information is a clump of false assumptions and bad will. In other words, baseless, unsubstantiated slander....again.