Most Representative Luftwaffe Pilot?

[Jan Gazda]

I must admit it is very funny to read such a passionate lecture of moral values from a member of a nation which invented the widespread use of concentration camps and under which enlightened reign around forty million India’s inhabitants have died in reoccurring famines under total indolence of the government. From this point of view the only difference between Nazi regime and British monarchy is just the fact that the British have got away with it.

With the distance of 60 years it is very convenient to make harsh judgments on individuals that had to make decisions under circumstances we can’t imagine. Obviously the Wehrmacht and the Luftwaffe were waging aggressive war and have committed countless atrocities and the Third Reich had brutally oppressed the minorities under their reign. I do not think anyone with common sense disputes that. The question is what real options an average soldier had. Mutiny? Defection? None of those promised very optimistic outcomes for the individual itself and its family. So they just kept fighting till the end.

However, I think this thread has drifted far away from its original topic ( which was pretty obscure anyway) and we should get back to discussing what “representative” means.

Jan