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Originally Posted by GypsyGoth
Wasn't the pope a nazi?
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No, he wasnt a Nazi he is German and was born in the late 1920's, consequently he went through what was at the time normal life for germans school conscription etc.
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Following his 14th birthday in 1941, Ratzinger was conscripted into the Hitler Youth — as membership was required by law for all 14-year old German boys after December 1939 — but was an unenthusiastic member who refused to attend meetings.
His father was an enemy of Nazism, believing it conflicted with the Catholic faith. In 1941, one of Ratzinger's cousins, a 14-year-old boy with Down syndrome, was taken away by the Nazi regime and killed during the Aktion T4 campaign of Nazi eugenics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI
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