Just seen interviews and seen claims that even peasants were recruited. In any country the fighting force probably isn't that clued into the history and the politics involved. They fight because someone told them to fight, they didn't analyze the whole thing. American soldiers went to Iraq not to do evil but the results have been horrific. Is this wrong? Would you say all SS were bad men morally? There was some afd poli who made the statement not all were bad, but I think he had to leave the afd. Probably not because the afd disagreed with the core statement.
I'm ears open since you sound quite a bit older than me plus were a military man 
I think you´re probably refering to Björn Höcke who is actually still in their Party.
Over the years i have met many ex WW 2 Vets..from the Navy to Ex SS & stalingrad Vets ( I wrote before on here i was in a Hospital room with 2 )
My Wife´s Grandfather was in Russia & a prisoner there..his friend after the War Joined the Foreign Legion.
My wife & Father in Law spoke to me about him as i never met him.
from what they told me he had a Black Kepi so was an NCO ..Cpl Chef 15 year service but more likely a Sgt.
He was REP & dropped into Indochina. I would loved to have had a beer with him.
