Last night I watched a German documentary called "The Unknown Soldier," which was produced in the late 1990s and concerned the Wehrmacht's collaboration with the SS during the Holocaust. During protests of the so-called Wehrmacht Exhibition, a traveling exhibit focusing on Army war crimes, the media tried to interview old German soldiers who felt like they were being wrongly smeared. However, when the 20-something neo-Nazi protest leaders intervened and ordered them to shut-up, they fell right back into old habits and meekly did as they were told.
Very telling.
“old German soldiers who felt like they were being wrongly smeared”
They were just following orders.......
The German army had little to do with the mass murders; this was mostly done by SS units that followed the combat troops (Einsatzgruppen). The German army tried to keep their independence, and attempted to kill Hitler. Even the Malmedy massacre on the Western Front was perpetrated by an SS unit.