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95-year-old alleged SS camp guard faces charges in Germany

There are historically documented cases of SS members having applied for a transfer on account of not having wanted to work in concentration camps, be those death camps or others. The provision to do that always existed.

True is also that such instances were few and far between (below 1 %) and the likelihood is great that some preferred guard duty over being "cannon-foddered" at the front (especially the Eastern front).

Nevertheless the constantly repeated story of being executed for refusing to follow assignment to the camps is a myth. Not a single such case has been revealed.

Another myth which requires at least modification is that SS members were conscripted straight into that body. Till well into WWII the SS comprised solely volunteers with young German men conscripted under the general draft having the choice to choose the "Wehrmacht" all the way til the war ended.
 
Cardinal said:
Yes, rocket scientists weren't in the front lines of the Holocaust. There's a reason why we prioritize the prosecution of SS officers and camp guards over, say, German infantry and factory workers making ammunition.
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Rocket scientists were not prosecuted because the us and the soviet union heavily relied on them, post ww2 both sides suddenly gained rapid advances in ballistic missile and jet engine technology, and both sides were willing to ignore any such crimes that were committed so long as they yeilded technological and military advancements.
 
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