# Were Nazi soldiers respectful of the rights of those they invaded

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**Created:** [November 14, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-nazi-soldiers-respectful-of-the-rights-of-those-they-invaded/274748 "2004-11-14T19:31:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-nazi-soldiers-respectful-of-the-rights-of-those-they-invaded/274748/21 "2004-11-17T00:29:10Z")

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> [@Capt B. Phart](#):
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> Panzer Division “Das Reich” massacred civilians in the towns of Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane in reprisal for French resistance.  
> In Oradour-sur-Glane the men were locked in barns, shot and burned. The 400 women and children were locked in the church which was razed to the ground.

Actually, the churh was burned too, not razed.

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**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-nazi-soldiers-respectful-of-the-rights-of-those-they-invaded/274748/22 "2004-11-17T00:37:20Z")

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I had seen a program on the Hitler Channel ("ahh the Luftwaffe- the Washington Generals of World War 2 "😛 ) about reprisals in France after their liberation. Basically, there were quite a lot of innocent romances between German soldiers and French women…and the local guys didn’t take kindly to this and publicly humiliated anyone known to be fraternizing with the enemy. It was pretty apalling, their heads were shaved, they were stripped naked and paraded around. Talk about a harsh place to live- first you are under the rule of a Nazi dictator, then labeled as a trator and collaborator when your country is finally freed! :eek:

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-nazi-soldiers-respectful-of-the-rights-of-those-they-invaded/274748/23 "2004-11-17T05:01:15Z")

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> [@Capt B. Phart](#):
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> Panzer Division “Das Reich” massacred civilians in the towns of Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane in reprisal for French resistance.

Of course, “Das Reich” was a Waffen-SS division. This doesn’t mean the Wehrmacht was innocent of attrocities, but they can’t be blamed for Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-nazi-soldiers-respectful-of-the-rights-of-those-they-invaded/274748/24 "2004-11-17T05:15:03Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> What’s your sources on this?

Ever hear of “Poland”?

Seriously, I thought this was a joke when I read the thread title.

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