There's a huge difference between killing prisoners as part of the normal operation of a prison, and shooting attempted escapees. The latter has been pretty normal for a long time, and isn't typically considered "murder".
I think their argument is: this is a camp where people were being murdered. By guarding it, you enabled what happened in this camp, so you are complicit in it.
Now, if someone had a childhood dream of being a camp guard, that makes sense. But if you're just conscripted into this service without being able to say no, it's rather harsh. I know we all imagine ourselves to be superheroes who would single-handedly stop the thing and bring down the Nazi regime, but reality is that humans are weak and that 99% of people would obey.
There's a huge difference between killing prisoners as part of the normal operation of a prison, and shooting attempted escapees. The latter has been pretty normal for a long time, and isn't typically considered "murder".
I think their argument is: this is a camp where people were being murdered. By guarding it, you enabled what happened in this camp, so you are complicit in it.
Now, if someone had a childhood dream of being a camp guard, that makes sense. But if you're just conscripted into this service without being able to say no, it's rather harsh. I know we all imagine ourselves to be superheroes who would single-handedly stop the thing and bring down the Nazi regime, but reality is that humans are weak and that 99% of people would obey.
Every single person who would totally resist the Nazi occupation was the same kind of person who cheered when Canadian truckers were arrested.