I hate having to defend myself against someone who doesn't fully read my post.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by AndyW:
Unless this Germans were unlucky enough of being either jewish, a gipsy, a homosexual, a criminal or mentally disabled, a Communist, a Pacifist, an Alcoholic, a members of Christian a sect, a returned emigrant, a drug addicted, someone who didn’t want to work, part of the left intelligentsia (whatever that means), a social democrat, a child refusing to join the Hitler Youth, a farmer who left his farm or someone who had the bad luck of being accused of making jokes mocking or criticizing national socialism or Herrn Hitler (truthfully or not), short everyone who was conspicuous of being a “unworthy element” or a thread to the nazi regime or Herrn Hitler personally.

This, plus the 3 M killed German soldiers, the other 3 M killed German civilians and the 18 M Germans expulsed from their homeland (of which 2 M died), the irreversible loss of East Prussia, Pommerania and Silesia, not to count the billions of billions worth damage caused by starting this %&$ war.

16 % of the German population died because of Hitler. Very decent indeed.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I said decent to most germans. Also I'm not saying he was wonderful at all. I hate Hitler, one of the main reasons I respect Rommel is because of his objections to him. Also, comparing Stalin to Hitler as to who is worse is like asking which kind of knife you would like plunged into your chest. They are just different takes on the horrible.

What I do want to say is that in peace time, Hitler didn't kill/starve millions of his own people, (ethnic Germans).

And finally; Andy, you also say 16% of Germany died because of Hitler. Are you saying that Hitler was the only reason WW2 started? I disagree, I believe he was a catalyst, but WW2 was going to be fought with or without Hitler. In peacetime, Stalin did out of pure paranoia kill millions of his own populace. During war, especially the 'total war' we saw during WW2 lossing will be heavy, but willful extermination of a people, (wether in the nazi holocaust or in the soviet purges), is abhorrent.