Quote: Originally posted by angie999@Jan 20 2005, 05:35 AM
It just occurred to me to comment about the five Germans hanged that the man they killed, being age 35, was old enough for his formative years to be before the Nazis came to power, so maybe he could think for himself, whereas the five would be aged eight to ten in 1933 and, therefore, went through the full HJ indoctrination process.
| Yes, the men who were hanged were spouting Nazi dogma at their trial. They even refused a British lawyer, because they felt that they had done no wrong.
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