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[–]Alan_Crowe 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

NatSoc Germany had a lot of degenracy at the top

I was reading about Oskar Dirlewanger. He was a politically well connected Nazi. There was a scandal involving a 14 year old girl. Nowadays it would be hushed up, like it was for Jimmy Saville or Cyril Smith. Since his offences were less serious than those two, and the Nazis are officially the bad guys, I would have expected it to be overlooked and hushed up very easily and thoroughly.

But no. He went to prison for two years and was socially ruined. When war came and people of his caliber were needed, he was only partly rehabilitated, being given command of a penal battalion, a shitty command for some-one still in disgrace.

So I'm thinking that the Nazi were a lot more committed to protecting children from sexual abuse than England today.

[–]YJaewedwqewqClerical Fascist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Dirlewanger wasn't immediately shot though, which is what would have (rightfully) happened to anyone else. He was also protected by Himmler to such an extent that supposedly (haven't been able to verify this though) an officer that complained about him was stopped and executed on phoney charges by him (Himmler).