Massacre at Malmédy... It is just that SS men took Eastern's front warfare standards to the Western front. Well, it is not well to say thet they were men; those were just teenagers who dreamed about their Führer every night, because all had been raised that way, all the men in 12. SS Panzerdivision. But I think that Standartenführer Joachim Peiper was only trying to advance and go through enemy lines. He had better things to worry about than simple prissoners. Beside we have got to consider that German's situation was very bad, without enough ammo, food or clothes. There were not enough men nor resources enough to take care of the prissoners (and if we add that they tried to scape...)Then SS men were just practical. When you don't need something and if it also bothers to you, what do you do? You throw it away. I know this comparisson is too cruel and cold but it is kind of true. I condemn this massacre anyway, because things were different in the Western front. Because German prissoners were oftenly treated finely in the West. We should have done the same.

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