have you studied 1939 germany dyshade. especially the social structure. they were in a depression. the mark was worthless. the nazi party was making things better for the adverage german. if you were different you were screwed but for the regular german the nazis weren't so bad. most soldiers and youth that were involved in the war effort were not "nazis" they were paterots. they supported there country and government. most didn't like the atrocities that were commited but all governments do things we don't like. i have the books and interviews around he somewhere to support this. you helped the party for 2 reasons. because they made life better and because if you defied them you could get labled a enemy of the state like the jews, gypises, the mentally ill, handycapped and socilists. just because the pope's family supported the rules of their country doesn't mean they supported everything that happened.

no i'm not a nazi, i'm a ww2 historian, got a degree and everything. I majored in liberal arts would you like fries with that? germany isn't realy my field butyou pick up a general feel for the social climate there. just because someone lived under nazi rule doesn't make them a firm supporter. more like a democrat fighting the "war on terror" under a republican gov.

cornwell? please send me the full author name and book title of your source.