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Old 11-15-2011, 07:14 PM
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The German officer elite were very political in the 20's and 30's Larry, you need to do a lot of reading.

Why do you think their was a purge of some of the senior Field Marshal's in the first couple years after Hitler came to power?
A lot of the brass who were in the Prussian and WW1 were Jewish and were told to leave by the new government. Several regiment steins I have listed relatives of mine that immigrated before WWII.
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