I try not to judge Germans who weren't directly complicit in genocide TOO harshly ... don't get me wrong, they were absolutely in the wrong, and they need to live with the fact that they didn't stand up to the Reich, but I am a blonde haired, blue(-green) eyed male with German ancestry and a very German name ... I'm not sure I'd have the courage to not just go along with things and keep my family safe.
Most people have judged him relative to being a Nazi general, and I think that's largely fair.
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If you're regular ol' Hans 6 Pack and get drafted in 1938 to shoot at Russians, Poles and Frenchies you go shoot at Russians, Poles and Frenchies. This does not make one a bad person (or even "wrong"). Now, if you rape a bunch of people when you're not shooting then you're wrong.