The Waffen SS

[Joe Fabulous]

Originally Posted by walter mitty

fact, while in prison for the failed beer hall putch (sp)

He had a canny gaff in stir. All mod cons of the time.

[chinamackem]

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This is the music school for bonny lads in the SS!

[Cockney Mackem]

Originally Posted by Tadger

I find the SS fascinating and deplorable at the same time.

Excellent summation

[Joe Fabulous]

Originally Posted by Cockney Mackem

Excellent summation

Indeed. I am also fascinated by old tunnels. Been in one or two anarl..

[Feed the Monster]

Both - fanatically good soldiers, highly trained, ruthless and elite.

Also indoctrinated with the myth of themselves as ubermensch (including the overseas elements like the Norwegians, Danes etc) and therefore perpetrators of the most heinous crimes, including POW massacres and providing personnel for the Einsatzgruppen, ghetto clearance and the camps.

Lokk up Lidice or Oradour to see if the Waffen SS can be distinguished from the Einsatzgruppen...

[Wierd Valley Mackem]

Originally Posted by Tadger

The military wing of the SS and responsible for the deaths of millions civilians.

No-one who was a frontline member of that organisation can ever say they didn't want to be a part of what they were doing. You had to volunteer to join the SS.

That isnt true, many were conscripted.

[the rash cavelier]

Originally Posted by Joe Fabulous

Indeed. I am also fascinated by old tunnels. Been in one or two anarl..

Get yourself to Colditz, they have re-opened the old tunnels, well worth

the visit. Its an old peoples home now (or it was the last time l was there).

[Joe Fabulous]

Originally Posted by the rash cavelier

Get yourself to Colditz, they have re-opened the old tunnels, well worth

the visit. Its an old peoples home now (or it was the last time l was there).

You saying i'm old like?

[walter mitty]

Originally Posted by Wierd Valley Mackem

That isnt true, many were conscripted.

later in the war but only after the atrocities in eastern prussia

[Joe Fabulous]

This thread is dying on its arse. Parsnip this shite...