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minus-squarebuckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoIt’s important to remember that the US filled the West German government with “former” Nazis after the war
minus-squareeidallon@feddit.delinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoBrandt was a former resistance member, fleeing (twice) from the Nazis. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Brandt
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoWilly Brandt was not a Nazi. He was a social Democrat who took exile in Norway/Sweden during Hitler’s reign. As chancellor of West Germany, he “made peace” with Poland and East Germany, and was a big inspiration for the Cold War Detente.
minus-squarebuckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThis isn’t about Brandt personally, it’s about the entire West German government systematically.
minus-squarekidamneniac@social.lostkids.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago*cough cough* operation paperclip *cough cough*
minus-squarebuckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago*cough cough* operation gladio too *cough cough*
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It’s important to remember that the US filled the West German government with “former” Nazis after the war
Brandt was a former resistance member, fleeing (twice) from the Nazis. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Brandt
Willy Brandt was not a Nazi. He was a social Democrat who took exile in Norway/Sweden during Hitler’s reign. As chancellor of West Germany, he “made peace” with Poland and East Germany, and was a big inspiration for the Cold War Detente.
This isn’t about Brandt personally, it’s about the entire West German government systematically.
*cough cough* operation paperclip *cough cough*
*cough cough* operation gladio too *cough cough*