Did the Nazis have a right to condemn the tactics of the French Resistance?

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Did the Nazis have a right to condemn the tactics of the French Terrorists?

  1. Yes, they were against the law and international treaties

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  2. No, they were fighting for their freedom

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  3. Some other opinion

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  1. S.A.M.

    S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    Depends on who's asking. The Germans called them terrorists.
     
    S.A.M., Apr 8, 2008
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  3. spidergoat

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    Proof?
     
    spidergoat, Apr 8, 2008
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  5. Mr.Spock

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    i consider ants as terrorists. those that count?
     
    Mr.Spock, Apr 8, 2008
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  7. S.A.M.

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    Link

     
    S.A.M., Apr 9, 2008
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  8. spidergoat

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    Ah thanks, I didn't think they used that term back then.
     
    spidergoat, Apr 9, 2008
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  9. S.A.M.

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    They probably said it in French

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    (The Germans had the advantage of knowing French, apparently)
     
    S.A.M., Apr 9, 2008
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  10. spidergoat

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    According to your link, they took great pains not to harm innocent people. It's possible that the Nazis could have been absolved of not providing POW status to the French resistance. However, since they would have been convicted and executed for all the other things they did, the point is rather academic.
     
    spidergoat, Apr 9, 2008
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  11. S.A.M.

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    They did not consider collaborators as innocent. And I wonder how they ensured that the cinemas and buses that they targeted were free of innocents.

    Which echoes the sentiments of the French anarchist, Emile Henri:
    “Asked at his trial in 1894 why he had killed so many innocent people…Henri explained to the court that anarchism ‘is born in the heart of a corrupt society which is falling to pieces; it is a violent reaction against the established order. It represents egalitarian and libertarian aspirations which are battering down existing authority; it is everywhere, which makes it impossible to capture.’ So, said Henri as he faced the guillotine, "il n'y a pas d'innocents". “There are no innocents,” at least among the privileged classes.”
     
    S.A.M., Apr 9, 2008
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  12. S.A.M.

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    The Nuremberg trials were illegal.

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    S.A.M., Apr 9, 2008
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  13. spidergoat

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    I don't consider collaborators innocent either. Note that the places they bombed were those frequented by German soldiers. French people that hated the Germans wouldn't go there.

    Your quote by a violent anarchist is irrelevent.
     
    spidergoat, Apr 9, 2008
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  14. spidergoat

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    I agree, but the Nazis could have been convicted in any court, they kept good records.
     
    spidergoat, Apr 9, 2008
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  15. S.A.M.

    S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    Are you certain? Did French people in France avoid all places frequented by the Germans?
     
    S.A.M., Apr 9, 2008
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  16. spidergoat

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    I don't know for sure, but I am sure their intention was not to kill innocent people. Terrorists mean to kill innocent people.
     
    spidergoat, Apr 9, 2008
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  17. S.A.M.

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    There are no innocent people, only casualties of war.

     
    S.A.M., Apr 9, 2008
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  18. HGVonGalten

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    I've read once, some time ago that they never found a record ordering the Nazis to execute the prisoners of the camps? Has anyone else heard this?

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    HGVonGalten, Apr 9, 2008
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  19. S.A.M.

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    No one should be convicted retroactively on freshly made laws.

    http://www.amazon.com/Doenitz-Nuremberg-Reappraisal-William-Hart/dp/0939484056
     
    S.A.M., Apr 9, 2008
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  20. spidergoat

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    Probably not, they should be simply assassinated.
     
    spidergoat, Apr 9, 2008
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  23. S.A.M.

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    Why are his underpants around his knees?

    Should be Allah ho Akbar, not Ack!
     
    S.A.M., Apr 9, 2008
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