And I think most importantly write their stories up and publish them

This is something we may agree on. And certainly I don't blame soldiers (or anyone else) collectively, even those who had convictions I don't share. However: "died for us" - that's what the regimes or the military leaders say. Who of my relatives, fighting on opposite sides, died for me?

As for Nazi philosophy, please don't believe it is monolithic. In its fringes it is rooted deeply in the past, reaches far into the future, and virtually round the world.