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In Reply to: So was the Pope... So was Porsche posted by David S. on August 4, 2006 at 04:27:42:
Nazi Party membership was not a party affiliation such as US Democrat or Republican. It was a mark of status such as Soviet Communist Party membership.By the closing years of WWII, the German goverment made "Hitler Youth" membership mandatory for all teenaged boys, as a feeder system for military conscription.
I believe that the historical truth is that when he was a teenager, Joseph Ratzinger at first complied with the mandate to join Hitler Youth and then broke the law by deserting the military unit his group was assigned to aid, and that he never was an actual member of the NSDAP.
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Porsche was a different can of worms. He had a symbiotic relationship with Hitler that advanced his own career agenda. However, the holier-than-thou French, smarting from their own collaboration, jailed Porsche on arguable grounds, and kept him in conditions that ruined his health and led to his death.
John Marks
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Follow Ups
- Partial correction re: the Pope - John Marks 07:10:47 08/04/06 (4)
- Re: Partial correction re: the Pope - quickie 09:49:07 08/04/06 (1)
- Re: The question, THEN: are they there *approvingly*? * - .Guy 15:43:45 08/04/06 (0)
- Re: Partial correction re: the Pope - Bill the K 09:41:54 08/04/06 (0)
- I concede the Pope wasn't a "party member" - David S. 08:20:42 08/04/06 (0)
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