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Superfly The sun always shines in Catford 17 Jul 15 12.51pm
Quote The Sash at 17 Jul 2015 12.50pm Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 12.43pm Quote The Sash at 17 Jul 2015 12.38pm Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 11.58am Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 11.43am Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 11.18am There but for the grace of God go I. No idea what I would have done in this bloke's position. Not volunteer for the SS? Far from that easy. Complicated situation - do I get conscripted or enlist, once in do I want to go to the eastern front or take a 'cushy desk job'. I just don't know, neither do you, neither do any of us. A nice cushy job in the Auschwitz Gift Shop would have done me or mucking out the Penguins in the Treblinka Zoo For the most part, getting a cushy job in the SS, meant being wounded. The SS tended to reward those injured or rendered no longer suitable for the battle field, with the administration jobs. Of course having certain skills when you join any military force, that are in demand, can be beneficial. Id be pissed off if I got wounded in the gift shop.... I've never heard it called that before Lend me a Tenor 31 May to 3 June 2017 John McIntosh Arts Centre London Oratory School SW6 1RX with Superfly in the chorus [Link]
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There but for the grace of God go I.

No idea what I would have done in this bloke's position.

Not volunteer for the SS?

Far from that easy. Complicated situation - do I get conscripted or enlist, once in do I want to go to the eastern front or take a 'cushy desk job'. I just don't know, neither do you, neither do any of us.

A nice cushy job in the Auschwitz Gift Shop would have done me or mucking out the Penguins in the Treblinka Zoo

For the most part, getting a cushy job in the SS, meant being wounded. The SS tended to reward those injured or rendered no longer suitable for the battle field, with the administration jobs.

Of course having certain skills when you join any military force, that are in demand, can be beneficial.

Id be pissed off if I got wounded in the gift shop....

I've never heard it called that before

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jamiemartin721 Reading 17 Jul 15 12.51pm
Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 12.44pm Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 12.37pm Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 11.58am Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 11.43am Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 11.18am There but for the grace of God go I. No idea what I would have done in this bloke's position. Not volunteer for the SS? Far from that easy. Complicated situation - do I get conscripted or enlist, once in do I want to go to the eastern front or take a 'cushy desk job'. I just don't know, neither do you, neither do any of us. Except its do I join the army or get conscripted, or do I volunteer for the Waffen-SS National Socialist Political Militia. I wonder what people thought they might be getting into when they were handing out the Deaths Head badges. I know I have the benefit of hindsight, but that's the kind of a warning sign? Does anyone really see a skull and crossbones and think, this will end well. I'm pretty confident I wouldn't have joined the SS, because I would have failed the racial purity test (being of Romany decent). Its important to remember that the Deaths Heads weren't solely limited to concentration and death camps, but also battlefield units (notoriously involved in purges on the Eastern Front). The key thing about the SS is that they didn't conscript (until 1943), it was entirely voluntary, and weren't exactly in cushy jobs either (SS Units served in most offensives). Of join the Navy or the Lufftwaffe - Generally fairly safe jobs provided you're not an air crewman. No one joins Ultra-Nationalist Right Wing Racist Militias thinking, this'll be cushy. Must be nice, knowing exactly what you'd do in any given situation, with propaganda flying around in all directions, a military role of some sort inevitable, and the world in turmoil. Sadly, I'm not that brilliant myself. Its rendered somewhat easier by knowing that I wouldn't have passed the SS Racial Purity requirement. You might have joined them, I couldn't have (at best). Also, I'm a qualified storesman (from the age of 1 so even if drafted I would have been destined for the Quartermaster stores and supply chain. "One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug" [Link]
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There but for the grace of God go I.

No idea what I would have done in this bloke's position.

Not volunteer for the SS?

Except its do I join the army or get conscripted, or do I volunteer for the Waffen-SS National Socialist Political Militia.

I wonder what people thought they might be getting into when they were handing out the Deaths Head badges. I know I have the benefit of hindsight, but that's the kind of a warning sign? Does anyone really see a skull and crossbones and think, this will end well.

I'm pretty confident I wouldn't have joined the SS, because I would have failed the racial purity test (being of Romany decent). Its important to remember that the Deaths Heads weren't solely limited to concentration and death camps, but also battlefield units (notoriously involved in purges on the Eastern Front).

The key thing about the SS is that they didn't conscript (until 1943), it was entirely voluntary, and weren't exactly in cushy jobs either (SS Units served in most offensives).

Of join the Navy or the Lufftwaffe - Generally fairly safe jobs provided you're not an air crewman. No one joins Ultra-Nationalist Right Wing Racist Militias thinking, this'll be cushy.

Must be nice, knowing exactly what you'd do in any given situation, with propaganda flying around in all directions, a military role of some sort inevitable, and the world in turmoil.

Sadly, I'm not that brilliant myself.

Its rendered somewhat easier by knowing that I wouldn't have passed the SS Racial Purity requirement. You might have joined them, I couldn't have (at best).

Also, I'm a qualified storesman (from the age of 1 so even if drafted I would have been destined for the Quartermaster stores and supply chain.

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jamiemartin721 Reading 17 Jul 15 12.53pm
Quote The Sash at 17 Jul 2015 12.50pm Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 12.43pm Quote The Sash at 17 Jul 2015 12.38pm Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 11.58am Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 11.43am Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 11.18am There but for the grace of God go I. No idea what I would have done in this bloke's position. Not volunteer for the SS? Far from that easy. Complicated situation - do I get conscripted or enlist, once in do I want to go to the eastern front or take a 'cushy desk job'. I just don't know, neither do you, neither do any of us. A nice cushy job in the Auschwitz Gift Shop would have done me or mucking out the Penguins in the Treblinka Zoo For the most part, getting a cushy job in the SS, meant being wounded. The SS tended to reward those injured or rendered no longer suitable for the battle field, with the administration jobs. Of course having certain skills when you join any military force, that are in demand, can be beneficial. Id be pissed off if I got wounded in the gift shop.... I heard you liked it in the gift shop. "One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug" [Link]
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There but for the grace of God go I.

No idea what I would have done in this bloke's position.

Not volunteer for the SS?

A nice cushy job in the Auschwitz Gift Shop would have done me or mucking out the Penguins in the Treblinka Zoo

For the most part, getting a cushy job in the SS, meant being wounded. The SS tended to reward those injured or rendered no longer suitable for the battle field, with the administration jobs.

Of course having certain skills when you join any military force, that are in demand, can be beneficial.

Id be pissed off if I got wounded in the gift shop....

I heard you liked it in the gift shop.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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leggedstruggle Croydon 17 Jul 15 12.55pm
Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 12.40pm Quote leggedstruggle at 17 Jul 2015 12.23pm Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 11.44am Quote Hoof Hearted at 17 Jul 2015 10.29am Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 10.27am Quote Hoof Hearted at 17 Jul 2015 10.25am I find it odd that many people are prepared to forgive and forget the part this guy played in exterminating hundreds of thousands of innocent human beings yet these same people have such a bitter hatred of Maggie Thatcher, the Bankers and old people who they believe are bleeding the country dry with their pensions. Probably because they have first hand experience of Conservative policy of the 80s, which Thatcher personally was responsible for. Where as this bloke was an administrator for a few years at the death camps, until he could transfer out to a Waffen SS battalion. That explains it all........ That is to say its less abstracted - WWII was something that happened to other people, so consequently their experience is second or third hand, which distances you from the events. Its less personal. What did Thatcher do to you then Jamie? Gassed your parents? Stole my milk.... but then I did also grudgingly respect her. Didn't like her policies, or the results of the impact on the UK, but she was at least a memorable and determined politicial leader with convictions. There hasn't been too many of those in the left for a long time. Oddly one of my favorite politicians has always been Heseltine. Didn't expect that answer and I tend to agree with most of what you say about her. Milk is/was not necessarily good for you - likewise for Heseltine. mother-in-law is an anagram of woman hitler
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I find it odd that many people are prepared to forgive and forget the part this guy played in exterminating hundreds of thousands of innocent human beings yet these same people have such a bitter hatred of Maggie Thatcher, the Bankers and old people who they believe are bleeding the country dry with their pensions.

Probably because they have first hand experience of Conservative policy of the 80s, which Thatcher personally was responsible for. Where as this bloke was an administrator for a few years at the death camps, until he could transfer out to a Waffen SS battalion.

That explains it all........

That is to say its less abstracted - WWII was something that happened to other people, so consequently their experience is second or third hand, which distances you from the events. Its less personal.

What did Thatcher do to you then Jamie? Gassed your parents?

Stole my milk.... but then I did also grudgingly respect her. Didn't like her policies, or the results of the impact on the UK, but she was at least a memorable and determined politicial leader with convictions. There hasn't been too many of those in the left for a long time.

Oddly one of my favorite politicians has always been Heseltine.

Didn't expect that answer and I tend to agree with most of what you say about her. Milk is/was not necessarily good for you - likewise for Heseltine.

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The Sash Now residing in Epsom - How Posh 17 Jul 15 12.56pm
Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 12.53pm Quote The Sash at 17 Jul 2015 12.50pm Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 12.43pm Quote The Sash at 17 Jul 2015 12.38pm Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 11.58am Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 11.43am Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 11.18am There but for the grace of God go I. No idea what I would have done in this bloke's position. Not volunteer for the SS? Far from that easy. Complicated situation - do I get conscripted or enlist, once in do I want to go to the eastern front or take a 'cushy desk job'. I just don't know, neither do you, neither do any of us. A nice cushy job in the Auschwitz Gift Shop would have done me or mucking out the Penguins in the Treblinka Zoo For the most part, getting a cushy job in the SS, meant being wounded. The SS tended to reward those injured or rendered no longer suitable for the battle field, with the administration jobs. Of course having certain skills when you join any military force, that are in demand, can be beneficial. Id be pissed off if I got wounded in the gift shop.... I heard you liked it in the gift shop. Ich mag es zu nehmen das Geschenkboutique As far as the rules go, it's a website not a democracy - Hambo 3/6/2014
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There but for the grace of God go I.

No idea what I would have done in this bloke's position.

Not volunteer for the SS?

A nice cushy job in the Auschwitz Gift Shop would have done me or mucking out the Penguins in the Treblinka Zoo

For the most part, getting a cushy job in the SS, meant being wounded. The SS tended to reward those injured or rendered no longer suitable for the battle field, with the administration jobs.

Of course having certain skills when you join any military force, that are in demand, can be beneficial.

Id be pissed off if I got wounded in the gift shop....

I heard you liked it in the gift shop.

Ich mag es zu nehmen das Geschenkboutique

As far as the rules go, it's a website not a democracy - Hambo 3/6/2014

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JL85 London,SE9 18 Jul 15 2.11am
We should definitely be going after these Nazi's next... [Link]
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We should definitely be going after these Nazi's next...

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suicideatselhurst crawley 18 Jul 15 2.52am
Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 12.37pm Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 11.58am Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 11.43am Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 11.18am There but for the grace of God go I. No idea what I would have done in this bloke's position. Not volunteer for the SS? Far from that easy. Complicated situation - do I get conscripted or enlist, once in do I want to go to the eastern front or take a 'cushy desk job'. I just don't know, neither do you, neither do any of us. Except its do I join the army or get conscripted, or do I volunteer for the Waffen-SS National Socialist Political Militia. I wonder what people thought they might be getting into when they were handing out the Deaths Head badges. I know I have the benefit of hindsight, but that's the kind of a warning sign? Does anyone really see a skull and crossbones and think, this will end well. I'm pretty confident I wouldn't have joined the SS, because I would have failed the racial purity test (being of Romany decent). Its important to remember that the Deaths Heads weren't solely limited to concentration and death camps, but also battlefield units (notoriously involved in purges on the Eastern Front). The key thing about the SS is that they didn't conscript (until 1943), it was entirely voluntary, and weren't exactly in cushy jobs either (SS Units served in most offensives). Of join the Navy or the Lufftwaffe - Generally fairly safe jobs provided you're not an air crewman. No one joins Ultra-Nationalist Right Wing Racist Militias thinking, this'll be cushy. I think Jamie your getting confused with the Waffen ss, finest fighting troops in the war, and the ss who ran the camps, different units, different recruiting qualifciations, also different rates of pay also there were a lot more Ukrainan guards that we dont hear much about. Im pretty sure you would have got in the ss if you really wanted to, only officers before 1939 had to prove racial purity going back to 1700s, after 1942 im sure they would have turned a blind eye to a bit of gpyo in you Theres someone in my head ... But its not me X/Box game Tag bazcpfc1961, clan (HMS)
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There but for the grace of God go I.

No idea what I would have done in this bloke's position.

Not volunteer for the SS?

Except its do I join the army or get conscripted, or do I volunteer for the Waffen-SS National Socialist Political Militia.

The key thing about the SS is that they didn't conscript (until 1943), it was entirely voluntary, and weren't exactly in cushy jobs either (SS Units served in most offensives).

Of join the Navy or the Lufftwaffe - Generally fairly safe jobs provided you're not an air crewman. No one joins Ultra-Nationalist Right Wing Racist Militias thinking, this'll be cushy.

I think Jamie your getting confused with the Waffen ss, finest fighting troops in the war, and the ss who ran the camps, different units, different recruiting qualifciations, also different rates of pay also there were a lot more Ukrainan guards that we dont hear much about. Im pretty sure you would have got in the ss if you really wanted to, only officers before 1939 had to prove racial purity going back to 1700s, after 1942 im sure they would have turned a blind eye to a bit of gpyo in you

Theres someone in my head ... But its not me

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Red-Blue-Yellow Surrey 18 Jul 15 7.30pm
Quote suicideatselhurst at 18 Jul 2015 2.52am Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 12.37pm Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 11.58am Quote jamiemartin721 at 17 Jul 2015 11.43am Quote npn at 17 Jul 2015 11.18am There but for the grace of God go I. No idea what I would have done in this bloke's position. Not volunteer for the SS? Far from that easy. Complicated situation - do I get conscripted or enlist, once in do I want to go to the eastern front or take a 'cushy desk job'. I just don't know, neither do you, neither do any of us. Except its do I join the army or get conscripted, or do I volunteer for the Waffen-SS National Socialist Political Militia. I wonder what people thought they might be getting into when they were handing out the Deaths Head badges. I know I have the benefit of hindsight, but that's the kind of a warning sign? Does anyone really see a skull and crossbones and think, this will end well. I'm pretty confident I wouldn't have joined the SS, because I would have failed the racial purity test (being of Romany decent). Its important to remember that the Deaths Heads weren't solely limited to concentration and death camps, but also battlefield units (notoriously involved in purges on the Eastern Front). The key thing about the SS is that they didn't conscript (until 1943), it was entirely voluntary, and weren't exactly in cushy jobs either (SS Units served in most offensives). Of join the Navy or the Lufftwaffe - Generally fairly safe jobs provided you're not an air crewman. No one joins Ultra-Nationalist Right Wing Racist Militias thinking, this'll be cushy. I think Jamie your getting confused with the Waffen ss, finest fighting troops in the war, and the ss who ran the camps, different units, different recruiting qualifciations, also different rates of pay also there were a lot more Ukrainan guards that we dont hear much about. Im pretty sure you would have got in the ss if you really wanted to, only officers before 1939 had to prove racial purity going back to 1700s, after 1942 im sure they would have turned a blind eye to a bit of gpyo in you There were Bosnian Moslem SS Troops by 1944....The SS was a very diverse organisation. And an impressively complex one too, sort of a State within a State within a State. In truth, many of it's lower ranks - and all of it's non-Germans initially - hadn't a clue what they were getting into except that the pay and uniforms were better than elsewhere for (basically) unskilled labour. Of course this changed as the war evolved. I also enjoy posting on: Love Everton Forum, the Acceptable Face of Scouse Football. [Link] twitter.com/LuvEvertonForum Come and give it a look, new members would be lovely. Come and JOIN. Or they'll nick your telly.
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There but for the grace of God go I.

No idea what I would have done in this bloke's position.

Not volunteer for the SS?

Except its do I join the army or get conscripted, or do I volunteer for the Waffen-SS National Socialist Political Militia.

The key thing about the SS is that they didn't conscript (until 1943), it was entirely voluntary, and weren't exactly in cushy jobs either (SS Units served in most offensives).

Of join the Navy or the Lufftwaffe - Generally fairly safe jobs provided you're not an air crewman. No one joins Ultra-Nationalist Right Wing Racist Militias thinking, this'll be cushy.

There were Bosnian Moslem SS Troops by 1944....The SS was a very diverse organisation. And an impressively complex one too, sort of a State within a State within a State. In truth, many of it's lower ranks - and all of it's non-Germans initially - hadn't a clue what they were getting into except that the pay and uniforms were better than elsewhere for (basically) unskilled labour. Of course this changed as the war evolved.

I also enjoy posting on: Love Everton Forum, the Acceptable Face of Scouse Football.
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