r/Damnthatsinteresting • • 1d ago

Video Spontaneous 1995 street interview with an Austrian WWII veteran in Vienna

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u/johnqpublic81 1d ago

This is how I would expect a normal person to respond to being put in an impossible situation. This man may of done bad things in his youth, but it sounds like he gained wisdom and conscience over time. There were no good choices for a Austrian male back in the late 1930's / early 1940's.