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Western Germany did pay a bit of reparations but undoubtedly not nearly close to even resemble the damage it had done. Eastern Germany was paying quite extensively to the Sovjet Union, albeit all the machines and resources they could take from there also would not amount to anything close of what the Germans did in the Sovjet Union.
The Nuremberg trials only made a few prominent cases but left a lot of people off the hook. A lot of the “middle management” of the Nazi regime made a career in Western Germany politics, industry, courts, security apparatus and military. Infamously there is still places named after the SS Officer Hans Martin Schleyer who was tasked with the “arrisation” of the czech economy and later became the president of the German employer organization and the German industrial organization, two of the most powerful corporate lobby groups. Instead of tossing this SS scumbag to the historical gutter, he is celebrated as a martyr in the fight against communism because he was killed by the RAF terrorist Organization in 1977.
Germany lost a significant part of their eastern territory in WW1 and then again even more in WW2. Millions of Germans were ethnically cleansed from east of the Oder river where they had lived for centuries. Millions died during this. Half of what’s now Poland used to be Germany. Kaliningrad/Königsberg and Gdańsk/Danzig used to be major German cities.
Occupation of Germany split in two continued until 1990. In Western Germany the Allied Control Council curtailed Germany‘s sovereignty as well.
There were also restrictions on technology and industry for example aerospace, where Germany had been leading in some areas. Germany was severely damaged in many ways. Berlin still hasn’t reached the same population level it had in 1942 for example.
The Soviets suffered more death and destruction during WW2, but they were taking good advantage of their new powerful position as a superpower. Remember that Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union at the same time. Ethnic cleansing and forced resettlement of millions was a common policy in the Soviet Union.
Something like that. We’ll be lucky if even the most senior people ever get punished. As for the lower echelons, a few will be randomly picked and made an example of, but most won’t face serious consequences.
So the USA will get a slap on the wrist, and be given enough money to rebuild an industry without ever paying reparations to anyone?
Western Germany did pay a bit of reparations but undoubtedly not nearly close to even resemble the damage it had done. Eastern Germany was paying quite extensively to the Sovjet Union, albeit all the machines and resources they could take from there also would not amount to anything close of what the Germans did in the Sovjet Union.
The Nuremberg trials only made a few prominent cases but left a lot of people off the hook. A lot of the “middle management” of the Nazi regime made a career in Western Germany politics, industry, courts, security apparatus and military. Infamously there is still places named after the SS Officer Hans Martin Schleyer who was tasked with the “arrisation” of the czech economy and later became the president of the German employer organization and the German industrial organization, two of the most powerful corporate lobby groups. Instead of tossing this SS scumbag to the historical gutter, he is celebrated as a martyr in the fight against communism because he was killed by the RAF terrorist Organization in 1977.
Germany lost a significant part of their eastern territory in WW1 and then again even more in WW2. Millions of Germans were ethnically cleansed from east of the Oder river where they had lived for centuries. Millions died during this. Half of what’s now Poland used to be Germany. Kaliningrad/Königsberg and Gdańsk/Danzig used to be major German cities.
Occupation of Germany split in two continued until 1990. In Western Germany the Allied Control Council curtailed Germany‘s sovereignty as well.
There were also restrictions on technology and industry for example aerospace, where Germany had been leading in some areas. Germany was severely damaged in many ways. Berlin still hasn’t reached the same population level it had in 1942 for example.
The Soviets suffered more death and destruction during WW2, but they were taking good advantage of their new powerful position as a superpower. Remember that Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union at the same time. Ethnic cleansing and forced resettlement of millions was a common policy in the Soviet Union.
Something like that. We’ll be lucky if even the most senior people ever get punished. As for the lower echelons, a few will be randomly picked and made an example of, but most won’t face serious consequences.