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I think it's famed not because Nazis used the defense of Superior Orders specifically, but because it represents a principle of international law which was widely recognised at the end of WW2, and which is critical to ensuring the good conduct of militaries. You can find references to this kind of situation in the Talmud. Still, rulings on this kind of matter remain inconsistent.
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Did you just call similarities between Nazi Germany and Isreal? Or do we give the benefit of the doubt that you don’t know that “just following orders” is the famed Nazi footsoldier defence?