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Thread #111997   Message #2369315
Posted By: PoppaGator
18-Jun-08 - 05:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: WWII unjustified?
Subject: RE: BS: WWII unjustified?
I really do not thnk that "everyone who was instrumental in assisting the Nazis in any way" should be interpreted to include all citizens of a nation where a few highly-placed industrialists profited by doing business with Nazi Germany, or for that matter with both sides of the conflict.

I'm quite sure that the wartime population of Sweden included many more Resistance fighters, rescuers of Jews, etc., than war profiteers.

Of course, the vast majority of the people were undoubtedly neither heroes nor collaborators, just humble individuals keeping their heads down and trying to survive.