I keep hearing two things: 1) He was in the hitler youth. 2) It was mandatory at the time.
Of course the people who keep pointing out that it was mandatory and how little he enjoyed it are himself and the people who elected him pope. I know normally I'm pretty cynical, but I don't think he's spent years hiding his anti-semitism just to reveal it now that he's pope.
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Date: 2005-04-19 08:21 pm (UTC)1) He was in the hitler youth.
2) It was mandatory at the time.
Of course the people who keep pointing out that it was mandatory and how little he enjoyed it are himself and the people who elected him pope. I know normally I'm pretty cynical, but I don't think he's spent years hiding his anti-semitism just to reveal it now that he's pope.