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Originally Posted by wc1934
Yup.
But google his early history - he signed up for the wrong "team" - worse than corruption and fraud.
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right, i almost forgot that he was a paratrooper in the German Army. I donno if fighting in the Wehrmarcht as a foot solider (cf. a commissioned officer or being part of the SS) is worse than corruption and fraud. Yes, he was friends with a Dassler brother (a cynical backstabbing nazi), but i don't think he joined the SS. Now, if he committed war crimes, that'd be different, but there's a lot of gray when it comes to judging foot soldiers. In the same vein, I wouldn't call the Soviet soldiers in WWII as good. They are merely people licensed to carry out acts of sanctioned barbarism.