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[Hugh]

I had an interesting question posed in class the other day - Do (did) the Wehrmacht veterans of WW II participate actively in veterans' associations after the war? I know that there were many active groups after 1870 and 1918, but what about post-1945?

Thanks,

Hugh

[Taurus454]

Yes. There are many German veteran groups. They range from groups from units, groups by awards, and so on. I have even seen one group by battle (Karelia). Without saying, they are getting fewer and fewer in number.

Tom

I had an interesting question posed in class the other day - Do (did) the Wehrmacht veterans of WW II participate actively in veterans' associations after the war? I know that there were many active groups after 1870 and 1918, but what about post-1945?

Thanks,

Hugh

[Hugh]

Yes. There are many German veteran groups. They range from groups from units, groups by awards, and so on. I have even seen one group by battle (Karelia). Without saying, they are getting fewer and fewer in number.

Tom

I thought there must be. For some reason, our group seemed to think that the Holocaust would have made all veterans ashamed of their service. Didn't make sense to me. Most countries have a degree of separation between the military and political arms.

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