Dan Minette wrote:
From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reports had filtered out earlier, IIRC, though I don't think they'd
been given much credence.
There is documented skepticism about the "whining of the Jews" concerning
them being targeted by the Nazis.
I believe the US and the UK only allowed Jewish children to enter their
country freely during the first years of the war. The adults usually
were refused entry unless they could show loads of money or prove that
they had a usefull profession. The general adult rif-raf (not ment
denigratingly) was kept out, much like immigration laws in most
countries today.
Its fairly well established
Among the brass, certainly -- I was referring to the people in the
trenches and the civilians left behind.
Among those folks too. That is fairly well established, as Gautam has
shown here.
I don't know what Gautam has shown but I know for a fact that most
German soldiers had no choice but to fight. The alternative was what
usually turned out to be a one way trip to one of the fronlines.
Survival chances there were rather slim depending on which front you got
sent to. Desertion equated immediate death. Hardheaded cases or vocal
opposition was send to fight in the hot spots on the much feared Eastern
fronts or alternatively got a bullet through the head or if they got
lucky enough were sent to one of the many work camps. Quite frankly if
that are the options I'd be very carefull and fight. It is a strong
motivation when one lives under a totalitarian regime where betrayal is
rife.
Sonja
GCU: First hand accounts
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