[coldtea]

>But I think it would have been prudent to touch on what caused him to shift his perspective.

Going with the tide? I doubt if the Nazis had won there would have been any shifts in perspective.

[seanmcdirmid]

Wouldn’t that be true of most people? Being a rebel, even against an overtly oppressive regime, is not a light undertaking.

[coldtea]

It would. That's why genuine cases of people who did resist should be celebrated over mock "turnarounds" after the fact.

(That said, after some time, things should be forgiven anyway. No much reason to punish a 90 year old today for when he did when he was a Nazi as 18-20 years old -- as sometimes happens).

[brndnmtthws]

It is indeed true; the winners always earn the privilege of defining morality and rewriting history to their liking.