• starik@lemmy.today
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    10 days ago

    Soldiers in the German army weren’t all Nazis. Nazis were members of the German political party in power at the time. Don’t they teach you anything in tankie school?

    • Blakey [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      10 days ago

      The vast majority of the Wehrmacht were politically aligned with, and agreed with the goals of, the NSDAP. They participated in the crimes of the NSDAP. It is extremely common to call such people “Nazis” and always has been, and you know this perfectly well. The distinction you are trying to make is one that was only ever popular within the Reich. I do not feel any obligation to talk about Nazi Germany the way Hitler would prefer I do, but apparently that’s an important consideration for you.