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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be clear, the SPD also killed the Communists, and the Liberals sided with the Nazis.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Some liberals sided with the Nazis, though many were rather ideologically confused by the whole thing. There certainly were many liberals sent to the camps, and any would-be German Voltaire would have been sent there pretty quickly if not just shot outright.