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Prairie Gates

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5. Most of the Nazis who were doing shit at this level got away with it
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 07:50 AM
Jun 25

They lived long lives in post-war Germany. Many were recruited into the security apparatus for both West and East Germany, especially during the 1950s. Others went back to their ordinary jobs as a carpenter, factory worker, or firefighter. The real reckoning with a lot of the actions of ordinary Germans - both in police battalions and Wehrmacht - didn't really come until the 1980s, and even then a lot of them walked away.

Since you're asking.

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