Comments by "Kameraden" (@Alte.Kameraden) on "The Debate over German POWs in Soviet Hands WW2" video.

  1.  geheimschriver  Saying anything in Germany that goes against the "State's Position" on WWII is a crime in Germany. Doesn't mean the "State' is right.
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  2.  geheimschriver  "Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions."
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  3. Curious whether you can do a video about the Rheinland POW camps that often cause so much fuss and controversy? Similar to "Dresden" it's often used as anti western propaganda. But at the same time, I'm often skeptical of US/UK POW deaths being such a ridiculously small percent that even Neutral countries had a higher rate of lose of POWs than the latter. Which makes those claims about the Rheinland Camps being a Allied Cover up somewhat believable. I'm on the ropes on the subject as I honestly don't know who to believe, and knowing your attention to detail, and willingness to avoid being bias, I think it would be a good justice if you took on the subject, if you're willing.
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  4.  @martigrey5872  I had a headache one time arguing with someone over the Diary of Anne Frank and how pointless claiming it as being "Fake" was. As the book doesn't say anything that goes against Deniar's claims about the Holocaust, and how trying to paint the book as a "Fake" was only making him look like a fool. Oh, golly, it was kind of depressing to read. One claim "Ball Point Pen was used to write it." I stated "So ballpoint pens did exist at the time, they were just expensive." Knowing very well a ballpoint pen was likely not used, but it's one of the excuses used to claim it's fake. The argument on that one is they claim Ballpoint pens didn't exist because the easy mass produced ballpoint pen we know to today wasn't invented yet, but ballpoint pens did still exist, which they either ignore or are ignorant of. Sorry, I love my pens. To my knowledge the book was diary was written with more than one writing utensils so again, the argument is false and irrelevant but it's fun making them run in circles.
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  5.  geheimschriver  Mistakes as in banning books, criminalizing opinions, and banning political parties? Because I can think of a few totalitarian regimes that did this. Coughs
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  6.  geheimschriver  Apparently they failed horrifically in the past at judging "Evil." Their sense of fear of that past as before, blinds them. They care more about avoiding their own shadow, than the concepts of basic civil liberties.
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  7.  geheimschriver  Many of them were in place in 1933. I mean, book burning, banning opposition political movements deemed dangerous to the movement, shutting down opposition newspapers, arresting political rivals for having different opinions not considered correct in their eyes. Not a big difference. I mean when you have a number of holocaust historians saying these laws are unjust, even if they're used to arrest holocaust deniers, because it's the same kind of injustice that was used to persecute their own people, you know you're doing something wrong. When you deny people a right to have an opinion, that is injustice. False opinions should be combated with "truth" not a jail cell. Only if their actions intentionally deliberately harm someone should criminal action of any kind be considered. But you shouldn't arrest someone for being a conspiracy theory loony. You shouldn't arrest someone because their Red Flag as the wrong "Socialist" movement logo on it. That is injustice. Let me rephrase that, you 'should' know you're doing something wrong. I forgot, Germany nationally it's afraid of it's own shadow, so it's willing to take extreme measures to avoid being 'associated' with it's past actions.. ironically causing it often to act exactly, like it did in that past. We have a thing in the USA, well used to do. When Neo Nazis or the KKK go on parade, we ignore them. If you ignore them, they have no power, no voice. We don't arrest them, unless they conduct violence. We don't ban their right to publish books/magazines, we do not deny their right to speak, and march. Guess what? Not a single Neo Nazi, or KKK member has held major political power in the USA in any way for well over 50 years, and at this rate, indefinitely, I would say longer than that, because I can not think of a Pro KKK American president being in office since Woodrow Wilson. Despite what some say Trump isn't a Nazi. He is just a buffoon that feeds on liberal gripes and seems to enjoy making them mad on twitter.
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  8. I think it's more depressing than funny. I think the first 2-3 hours is 'okay' to watch, if you do not get fooled by the lies, but the second half really becomes far more cringe than the first. Did I forget to mention it's what 6 hours? I couldn't finish it...... I often consider it a good source, if you want to understand how Nazis and Neo Nazis view WWII. But one a person has to go into knowing they're about to get bombarded with propaganda.
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  9.  @jackmeskill2539  Mark Felton did a video on the Rhineland Meadow POW Camps. Glad someone did one.
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  10.  @martigrey5872  I honestly wish that could be changed, but after seeing Battlefield V..... well it's a huge step backwards for WWII based video games. Wolfenstein doesn't count as it was never meant to be taken seriously. But even back in the days of Medal of Honor, they still attempted to portray the war as best the could as authentically as they could with the resources they were limited with, while still making an enjoyable experience. By the time Red Orchestra came out, I was really hopeful WWII games would just get better, and better. Which hasn't be the case, as they've degraded, with only a few multiplayer focused games like Post Scriptum caring, but there is no story, no characters in that kind of game, which i is a major downer.
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