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Former Nazi Elected Pope

Alois | 19.04.2005 18:35

Former Hitler youth and nazi combatant, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, is elected pope.

Former Roles:

Hitler Youth
Nazi Anti Aircraft Combatant
Head of the Inquisition

Current Role: POPE

Pope definition: a political conspiracy to subjugate empires, kingdoms, thrones, and states, to one tyrant..

Alois

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I'm no fan of the Pope but...

19.04.2005 19:56

Describing him as former Nazi seems a little over the top. Wikipedia gives a slightly different view.

"When Ratzinger turned 14 in 1941, he was required by law to join the Hitler Youth, but according to his biographer John Allen he was not an enthusiastic member. He requested to be taken off the rolls and reportedly refused to attend a single meeting. In 1943, at the age of 16 he was, along with the rest of his class, drafted into the Flak or anti-aircraft corps, responsible for the guarding of a BMW plant outside Munich. He was then sent for basic infantry training and was posted to Hungary, where he worked setting up anti-tank defences until fleeing in April 1944 (an offense punishable by death)"

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