My grandpa being the decorated in 1942 for saving what was left of the cruiser Trento’s crew the, sunk during the allied operation Harpoon. He was a machinist engineer. Later half of his family would sadly be executed by the Germans for harboring fugitives destined to concentration camps.Submitted by LUNA_FOOD t3_z0wnno in OldSchoolCool
Bodark43 t1_ixcsqj6 wrote
Reply to comment by AX11Liveact in My grandpa being the decorated in 1942 for saving what was left of the cruiser Trento’s crew the, sunk during the allied operation Harpoon. He was a machinist engineer. Later half of his family would sadly be executed by the Germans for harboring fugitives destined to concentration camps. by LUNA_FOOD
No, nobody who was a card-carrying NSDAP member would have said there were "good" Jews. But certainly the "clean Wehrmacht" myth that the German staff were just professionals following orders has been decidedly disproven.
AX11Liveact t1_ixdgljj wrote
You know, I am old enough and live in the right place to have actually known a couple of them. I know quite well what they said when they weren't avoiding talking about "back then".
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