Originally posted by Trihead:
Originally posted by FlyFishingX:
[b]
Originally posted by Trihead:
[b] my grand father was killed during the war but not sure how. I believe it was on the eastern front but the story is sketchy.
The regular German army (Wehrmacht) actually committed relatively few war crimes. It's the SS and SA where all the sickos gravitated.
Every time I walk into a bookstore it pisses me off to see 85% of the German history books are about the Nazis and Holocaust. As if that's the only contribution that Germans have made to the world. :rolleyes: [/b]
It's more than just the horrific acts. People are interested in the horrific acts committed by the Nazi's, but the fascination goes beyond that. (The Chinese and Russians killed more people than the Nazi's, yet their atrocities don't generate the same interest).
Beyond the facts of Nazi atrocities, people are also interested in the rise of post WWI Germany.
After the war, they were a completely beaten and bankrupt country. The Treaty of Versailles beat them down even further. Yet in a very short span of a few years they rose to be one of the most powerful nations on earth. Literally one step from European domination and who knows where it would have went beyond that. The atrocities would have also followed.
A little known fact of Nazi Germany is the role played by Muslims. One of the most welcomed guests in Berlin during Nazi Germany was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. After the Nazi's conquered Europe, the plans were for the eradication of all Jews in the Middle East with the help of the Grand Mufti and Muslim Nazi collaborators and allies.
There were several Muslim divisons of the Waffen SS. One of the most infamous was the 13th Waffen SS Division in the Balkans.
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