an 85 year old lady who fought in the Resistance and saved three allied airmen during the war. When I asked her about the (French) volunteers who joined the Eastfront: ( It also fits for volunteeers from other countries):
"Had you asked this in 1945, I would have said kill them all. Today I have more understanding for those who went astray and made the wrong choice. At least they don't have the blood of our comrades on their hands, unlike the collaborators who betrayed their own brothers. Therefore I am more willing to forgive those who fought for their convictions in foreign trenches than those who gave their neigbours for pay".

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