Common Questions regarding Axis War Crimes

Q: Was the German Army (Wehrmacht) involved in the Holocaust or other war crimes during World War 2?

A: Yes. The Wehrmacht played an extremely significant role in the Holocaust and their complicity led to the deaths of millions. 

https://joeylonglegshistory.blogspot.com/2021/07/major-axis-war-crimes-index.html (Under Wehrmacht)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht

Q: Is it true that the German Afrika Korps never committed any war crimes in North Africa?

A: No. The Afrika Korps committed numerous war crimes, including the rape, murder, and plunder of civilians in Libya and Tunisia.

https://joeylonglegshistory.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-afrika-korps-was-not-clean-war.html

Q:  Is it true that the Soviet Red Army treated civilians worse than the German Wehrmacht?

A: No. While it is true that the Soviets commonly disobeyed the laws of war and committed numerous war crimes during the entire war, the Wehrmacht killed more civilians than the Red Army, raped more women than the Red Army, and treated POWs worse than the Red Army.

https://www.quora.com/When-it-comes-to-treatment-of-civilians-war-crimes-and-post-war-effects-was-the-Wehrmacht-or-Red-Army-worse/answer/Josiah-Slednicio

Q: Did the Italians participate in the Holocaust during World War 2?

A: Yes. Most notably, the Italians had multiple Jewish concentration camps in North Africa; Giado, Sidi Azaz, Tagiura, and Buqbuq. Thousands were sent to these camps and many perished.

https://campifascisti.it/scheda_campo.php?id_campo=264

https://campifascisti.it/scheda_campo.php?id_campo=1028

https://campifascisti.it/scheda_campo.php?id_campo=1029

https://campifascisti.it/scheda_campo.php?id_campo=1009

Q: Did German general Erwin Rommel commit any war crimes during World War 2?

A: Yes. Most notably, he ordered summary executions of captured Italian partisans and other soldiers in 1943. 

[The Orders can be found in the German Bundesarchiv, Militärarchiv Freiburg, RM 7/1333 und RH 27-24/26. They are partially printed in Jürgen Förster: Wehrmacht, Krieg und Holocaust. In: Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt (ed.): Die Wehrmacht – Mythos und Realität, München 1999, p. 961.].

To Be Continued.