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Comment by aguaviva

People keep forgetting what "literal" means.

Hunka (it was just one person) was Waffen-SS, not SS -- and yes, there's a major difference between the two. From Wikipedia:

    Non-Germanic units were not considered to be part of the SS, which still maintained its racial criteria, but rather were considered to be foreign nationals serving under the command of the SS.  As a general rule, an "SS Division" was made up of Germans or other Germanic peoples, while a "Division of the SS" was made up of non-Germanic volunteers and conscripts.
Also, Ukrainians were forbidden from becoming Party members.

So a "literal" Nazi, no.

parent aguaviva 2 years ago

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