http://www.theworld.org/2009/10/12/nazi-deserters-pardoned/ Global Perspectives for an American Audience Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:58:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.theworld.org/2009/10/12/nazi-deserters-pardoned/comment-page-1/#comment-2905 Gerry Hadden Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:00:43 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=16233#comment-2905 Absolutely my pleasure. I hadn't heard about them myself until recently. Baumann's story moved me very much. The details of it are even more tragic than what I had time to include in the piece. As to him being once and forever a deserter, technically that is correct. Before speaking with Mr. Baumann I would have said that ultimately every man must live with his own conscience no matter how society judges him. But his story made me see that the power of societal opinion is not always something you can just brush aside. A fascinating experience for me, all around. Absolutely my pleasure. I hadn’t heard about them myself until recently. Baumann’s story moved me very much. The details of it are even more tragic than what I had time to include in the piece. As to him being once and forever a deserter, technically that is correct. Before speaking with Mr. Baumann I would have said that ultimately every man must live with his own conscience no matter how society judges him. But his story made me see that the power of societal opinion is not always something you can just brush aside. A fascinating experience for me, all around.

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2009/10/12/nazi-deserters-pardoned/comment-page-1/#comment-2834 Dan Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:19:52 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=16233#comment-2834 Deserters are deserters, forever. Deserters are deserters, forever.

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2009/10/12/nazi-deserters-pardoned/comment-page-1/#comment-2816 Richard Johnston Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:19:09 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=16233#comment-2816 Thank you for covering this story. I had never heard about these people before. Thank you for covering this story. I had never heard about these people before.

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