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But these organizations are for peace, trust me! -liberals (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I can't find anything on Walter Hallstein and Adolf Heusinger being nazis or committing war crimes. Looks like the former was an academic drafted in the army and the latter a high-ranking officer who began his career before the nazis.

I get that Heusinger can be seen as complicit (he must have known for whom he worked and didn't quit), but what about Hallstein?

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hallstein

    In 1935, Hallstein attempted to start a military career alongside his academic duties.[17] In 1936, he managed to integrate a voluntary military service in an artillery unit.[17] In the years between 1936 and 1939, he attended several military courses[18] and was made a reserve officer.[17]

    Hallstein was a member of several nominally Nazi professional organizations,[g][19] but he was not a member of the Nazi Party

    Not the worst nazi but the voluntary military service under the Nazis seals the deal for me. Definitely a Nazi.

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