# Pitting Max\_S

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 8, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074 "2022-02-08T00:26:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074/810 "2022-10-18T13:19:16Z")

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I see you haven’t been to the other forum in the last day or so.

ETA: @Monty

> [@Did the Nazis break the law? Did the Nazis follow illegal orders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-nazis-break-the-law-did-the-nazis-follow-illegal-orders/918169):
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> I’ve always thought the Nuremberg trials make for an interesting part of history, particularly the charges of “crimes against humanity”. I am much underread on this topic, but my impression is that Nazi crimes against humanity were, for the most part, legal at the time and in the jurisdiction where they were committed. This stems from my strong theory of national sovereignty. The Nazis were very thorough in their transformation of the German state; they appear to have gone through all the motio…

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