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Originally Posted by Helmut Von Moltke
Ashame, really, how they treated the women. How is a woman who falls in love with a German soldier a crime? And here is another one:
13 volunteers of the French 33. Waffen Grenadier Division der SS 'Charlemagne' were captured by French troops. General Leclerc asked them 'Why are you in German uniform?" And one of the volunteers replied "Why are you in American uniform?" Leclerc lost his patience and ordered the 13 men shot in the back of the head, despite protests from a French lieutenant, who instead executed the 12 men by firing squad. The 12 men died shouting 'Vive La France!' The 13th man was rumoured to have been the son of a General friend of Leclerc, and so was spared. Ironically, when Leclerc died in a air crash in the 1950s, there were 13 men on board. After the war Waffen-SS veterans built a memorial for their French comrades, and each year there is still a memorial service for them, although unfortuantely this year the politically correct German government is trying to restrict it.
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Ahhh....to be young and to equate sexual favors with love. I don't know that it was always so romantic. Sometimes it was, certainly. At other times it was "giving aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war" which may be the equivalent of treason. I'm sure that you are aware that the United States Constitution, Article III, Section 3 defines treason thus:
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Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.
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I understand that these were not American women but the idea is pretty much the same and many were perhaps lucky to escape with the shame and humiliation that they suffered as opposed to being shot. It also was likely a lot better than the fate that German women suffered at the hands of Soviet soldiers.
As for French soldiers taking up arms in a German uniform, they made a poor choice. But they were traitors to France nevertheless. At least they were shot and did not have to suffer the indignity of being hanged like Keitel, Jodl, et al.
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