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Subject: Re: New Pope was a Nazi Youth Author: XOX [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:52:11 04/20/05 Wed In reply to: 以利達 's message, "New Pope had brief stint in the Hitler Youth Movement" on 16:33:39 04/20/05 Wed Unknown to many members of the church, however, Ratzinger¡¦s past includes brief membership of the Hitler Youth movement and wartime service with a German army anti- aircraft unit. Two years later Ratzinger was enrolled in an anti-aircraft unit that protected a BMW factory making aircraft engines. The workforce included slaves from Dachau concentration camp. Ratzinger has insisted he never took part in combat or fired a shot ... He was sent to Hungary, where he set up tank traps and saw Jews being herded to death camps. Some locals in Traunstein, like Elizabeth Lohner, 84, whose brother-in-law was sent to Dachau as a conscientious objector, dismiss such suggestions. ¡§It was possible to resist, and those people set an example for others,¡¨ she said. ¡§The Ratzingers were young and had made a different choice.¡¨ [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]