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Source: bbc
After a long struggle, on Tuesday, the German parliament revoked the convictions of the last group of victims, those condemned as "war traitors," more than 60 years after the end of World War II. Ludwig Baumann joined Hitler's Wehrmacht when he was 19, but he became a pacifist and in June 1942, he deserted, along with his friend Kurt Oldenburg, while they were deployed in France. "I didn't want to take part in Hitler's war," Ludwig Baumann told the BBC. "I realised it was a criminal and genocidal war," he said. Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8244186.... have soldiers the right to change their mind, the freedom of choice on their life based on ethics, morals, religion, whatever? the case is not just historical - it happened in recent times to an english soldier serving in afghanistan, if i'm not mistaken. "cowardice" is the usual label, if not "betrayal". and the usual division between conservatives and progressives. based on the freedom of choice of the individuals. i'm glad to have heard this story. justice at last. a kick in the face of those bourgeois people in their comfortable suits and neckties sentencing on human souls who tasted the frontline of a war and the horror. i always see the disgusting characters of George Grosz in them.  |
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