dimitrov@csd2.UUCP (Isaac Dimitrovsky) (04/24/85)
[] > According to the 4/19/85 Wall Street Journal, many of > those "Nazi" soldiers are 14 year olds drafted in the last effort > to repel the Allied and Red armies. > When at age 16 you are drafted by the Nazi Germany army > and sent to be shredded - you are in sad shape. > Also, don't throw the babies(literally; some of the later "Nazi" soldiers > were 13 and 12 and 11) out with the bath water. With all the bullshit being thrown around here, let's not lose sight of a few facts. While there certainly are 16, 14, etc. year olds buried in Bitburg who were victims of Nazism, there are also SS men buried there. And the president may not have known about this before, but he does now. So if the point is reconciliation with the Germans, why not visit one of the many places which are dedicated to the memory of the many German victims of Nazism. Isaac Dimitrovsky