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Originally Posted by Gage  After having a discussion with a guy at work. He told me that after the war, a lot of Waffen SS joined the French Foreign Legion.
Does anybody have any more info, please?
Is this true?
It does make a lot of sense. |
Goes well with the image. Legion of Lost Souls and all. Vive La Glorie!
I heard this story that their was this Jewish legionaire going through the Indochinese jungle. He recognized beside him the guard at the camp he had been in. Then he shot him, deserted, ran away to Israel and got a pardon.
In point of fact, a lot of the Waffen SS were mercenaries with almost no ethnic or ideological connection with the Nazi regime, except for the fact that it was a source of pay. Joining the Foreign Legion was often just finding a new employer.