Good Nazis?

[Dill]

(01-14-2019, 02:23 PM)Millhouse Wrote: Yeah there definitely needs to be distinction to this discussion when discussing the German military in WW2. Their main military was predominately the Wehrmacht, which was their regular army, air force, etc. For the most part, they didn't commit the atrocities, although there were war crimes committed in Russia and eastern/southern Europe areas.

The other wing of the military was the Waffen SS, the military arm of the SS. Now these were the ones that would go in with or after the Wehrmach and commit the majority of the war crimes against civilians.

Now was there good Nazis? Umm there were definitely Nazi's, especially high up, that did not agree with the extermination of the Jewish people and others. Although they were anti-Semitic, they wanted them deported out of Germany and Europe in general. But were not as fanatically evil as others high up like Heydrich, Eichman, Himmler and of course Hitler. Of course the latter ones prevailed.

There were other official Nazi members like Schindler, who did what he could to save 1200 Jews from going to a death camp.

LOL that is a low bar for "good"!

One reason why people may be reluctant to look for "good" Nazis is that to be a believer, not just someone hoping for a job or some other advancement, one had to subscribe to the general hatred of "non-Aryan" immigrants and Jews who were citizens. Nazism was also an identity movement for white males. Misogynistic. Still is. 

So if you are a liberal or social democrat, it will be hard to find any Nazis good, just as it would be hard to find a good Klan member. Imagine a KKK member who attends rallies because he endorses the Klan's support for traditional protestant morality -- just doesn't agree with the Klan on race/gender politics.