Rommel is very much a special case and can't be used to say that the army knew little of the SS's activities. The SS was part of the army. Just not answerable to most in the army hierarchy.
As for Rommel and the Jews: "...his refusal to comply with an order from Hitler to execute Jewish POWs. During Rommel's time in France, Hitler ordered him to deport the country's Jewish population; Rommel disobeyed the order. Several times he wrote letters protesting against the treatment of the Jews..." On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > From what I am to understand, the Army knew little of the SS's > activities...at least from the reaction of Generals like Rommel who did > refuse orders to kill Jews amongst POWs...he had the ability to do that > because of his position. When the atrocities of the final solution came to > light, many in the regular army knew nothing of it and were horrified. I > think that had a major morale killing effect that helped turn the tide of > the war. It was after these revelations that many in the high command saw > Hitler as the nutball he was and that is when the assassination plots > started come up. When they realized what they were fighting for, many had > little taste for it and only fought because they knew that the SS officers > assigned to their units would execute them on site if they failed to fight. > Without knowing what was going, I am sure many saw the SS as an elite unit > that was a great career path that would help them rise in rank faster. I bet > once you were in, the only way out of the SS was in a cof ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329127 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
