MontyB
All-Blacks Supporter
This is an attempt not to hijack a thread...
In another thread you wrote:
Why do you believe becoming an officer in the Waffen SS would have created a monster?
I admit I have only met one man who served in the Waffen SS and he was a decent enough guy who would have done anything for you certainly not a monster.
In another thread you wrote:
I was virtually born into the military since I grew up in the National Socialist Germany. As a 10 year old I went into the Deutsche Jungvolk which was a sub-organization of the National Socialist Hitler Youth, and had the same ideas about an Aryan ruler race and so-called Volksgemeinschaft, ie. peoples community in Germany. The organization was based on a militaristic vision and supported activities that would build up the young people's physical strength and vitality. Hitler Youth and Deutsche Jungvolk placed particular importance to teach children loyalty to Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany and the new social system. And the age of 14 I went into the Hitlerjugend.
After education and training in the Hitler Youth it was a requirement that you continued into Waffen SS or Wehrmacht. You were from childhood trained to be a soldier and to know what a great honor it is to die on the battlefield. Membership in the Hitler Youth was mandatory of December 1936. From there my future was founded. The soldier was the new hero in Germany.
I wished to be an officer in the Waffen SS, but I did not have the qualities that were required at the time (Which I think is my luck today. Wondering what kind of monster I could have been). But I had shown leadership skills and was recommended for Army officers academy. After the war, I stood there without a profession. Everything I had learned was useless. I had a good job on my grandfather's farm, but I would not end my days as a farmer so when the new German Army was created and veterans were sought after, my fortune was made.
I have been a soldier all my life, it was my destiny and virtually the only option I had.
Why do you believe becoming an officer in the Waffen SS would have created a monster?
I admit I have only met one man who served in the Waffen SS and he was a decent enough guy who would have done anything for you certainly not a monster.