"For most of the postwar era, the popular narrative about the war in Germany claimed that the SS had..."

“For most of the postwar era, the popular narrative about the war in Germany claimed that the SS had perpetrated the most egregious crimes of the Nazi regime and the Wehrmacht only participated in “exceptional” cases. But in the last two decades, historians have argued for a far greater Wehrmacht involvement in the killing of Jews, Polish partisans, prisoners of war and many others, especially in the former Soviet Union. The miniseries is the country’s most high-profile examination of this broader concept of culpability.”



- German War Guilt: The Miniseries by Thomas Rogers (via thenewrepublic)

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