no other choices

that same excuse.
"I had no choice, there was a crisis in the 30's so I simply had no choice but to join the SS and go kill some people and gas some jews, you have to understand!"

Understanding that you're joining a murderous organization of thugs that gives you a weapon and trains you to kill brown people doesn't require a degree.
Even some hillbilly from Oklahoma or wherever in the banana republic knows what that means.
Indeed fuck every last one of them.