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Germany and many other European countries did have these scandals in the 60s and 70s when the new generation asked uncomfortable questions about what their pare
by WeylandYutani 3y ago
Germany and many other European countries did have these scandals in the 60s and 70s when the new generation asked uncomfortable questions about what their parents did in the war.
- a_bonobo 3y agoThere's an interesting detail around Gunter Grass; he was part of the big literary voices asking the uncomfortable questions, which was part of his success in the 1960s and 1970s. Long after that success, in 2006, he revealed that he was in the Waffen-SS himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Grass#Waffen-SS_revelations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Grass#Waffen-SS_re...
- everybodyknows 3y agoAccording to his account, the alternative to the SS was a punishment unit: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/06/04/how-i-spent-the-war https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/06/04/how-i-spent-th...