General Election 2024

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Oliver Schick in reply to @hugo7

Tbh I don't think I've met any German under I guess 50ish? would did military service over the civilian service.

I have, plenty.

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rpm in reply to @Oliver Schick

When I stayed in Germany about er..30 years ago. The lads were saying they had easy ways to get out of NS and it wasn't strict anyway. Not sure If I'm remembering that correctly?

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Oliver Schick in reply to @rpm

That's true, yes. It was already winding down then. There was a general feeling that there was little need for an army any more. As I said, I knew lots of people who got out of it before those last years, and many regretted that later.

(NS isn't a good abbreviation to use in a German context.)

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