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4 Reddit comments about Black Edelweiss: A Memoir of Combat and Conscience by a Soldier of the Waffen-SS:

u/Praetor80 · 6 pointsr/HistoryPorn

Well, for one, Americans typically associate all German soldiers as Nazis. Very few were, in fact Heer members (the German Army) were not allowed to belong to ANY political party, and after 1943 even the Waffen SS conscripted (the old pope was an SS member). There were French SS regiments, Dutch, Norwegian, Serbian, Belgian, Russian, Danish, Irish, Indian, and even British. Don't confuse the Waffen SS for the SS as whole, especially Allgemeine-SS, and SS-Totenkopfverbände (which were the real evil bastards). Many of the Waffen SS were just German soldiers who volunteered to fight Bolshevism (General Patton believed the west should ally with German to fight the Soviets). That's not to say there weren't war crimes, there were (on both sides, and especially the Russians), but it's too easy to categorize the whole as this or that, without understanding nuance.

I would really recommend this book:

http://www.amazon.ca/Black-Edelweiss-Conscience-Soldier-Waffen-SS-ebook/dp/B00ECGP2Z6/ref=pd_sim_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0JHS4QNEN7RCHGV2RG9K

u/bmbreath · 3 pointsr/wwiipics

Black Edelweiss: A Memoir of Combat and Conscience by a Soldier of the Waffen-SS https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ECGP2Z6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_GJJSCbJCTS4KC

That was a good one as well. Its a view from the other side, interesting read.