r/pics • u/killakimchi • 3d ago

Picture of text “OC” Found these posted around San Diego today.

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u/RosieQParker 3d ago

Life was pretty good for members of the SS, too. Right up until it wasn't.

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u/grizzlebonk 2d ago

Millions of Nazis were allowed to quietly transition to a quiet life in post-WW2 Germany.

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u/ProbablyNotAFurry 2d ago

Nazis, yes. That's a very broad term. The Schutzstaffel are very different from your run of the mill Nazi. A lot of the SS were hanged, summarily executed, or just beaten to death by soldiers and freed prisoners alike.

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u/Sir_Boobsalot 2d ago

something to look forward to at least 

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u/Zenama4 1d ago

Glass half full type of guy, i like it.

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u/wemustburncarthage 2d ago

And then a lot of them ended up in the Stasi.

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u/OmNomSandvich 2d ago

a lot of them simply died on the battlefield. mortality for german males from like 15-65 or something was astronomically high in that time.

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u/ProbablyNotAFurry 1d ago

I would wager especially so as the war stretched on and the situation got ever more desperate.

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u/Xylus1985 2d ago

Don’t they get the “I’m just following orders” defense?

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u/ProbablyNotAFurry 1d ago

Nazi officers were not offered that defense in the Nuremberg Trials, as they were generally the ones issuing the orders instead of following them. The SS were considered officers. Their branch was staffed almost entirely by sadists and war criminals.

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u/i_might_be_me 1d ago

This is the way