The German army “Bundeswehr” wants to honor Nazi soldiers as official “role models.” During a government press conference, the Defense Ministry’s spokesperson defended the decision while using inconsistent criteria to determine which former Wehrmacht soldiers, including SS fascists and Nazi party members, should contribute to the Bundeswehr’s “understanding of tradition.”

This decision was formalized in the military’s “Tradition Decree,” an official document meant to serve as a “moral compass” for the Bundeswehr. When the Bundeswehr was established in 1955, around 40,000 former Nazi Wehrmacht officers and junior officers formed its core.

The MOD justified the decision by citing the process of “denazification,” the post-war effort to pseudo-purge Nazi ideology from the German state and society. Even prominent Nazis within the Wehrmacht, such as fighter pilot Erich Hartmann, who directly killed at least 352 people, were allowed to rejoin the Bundeswehr in 1956.

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will step down in September, ending a three-year term marred by political scandals and paving the way for a new premier to address the impact of rising prices.

"Politics cannot function without public trust," Kishida said in a press conference on Wednesday to announce his decision not to seek re-election as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader.

"I will now focus on supporting the newly elected LDP leader as a rank-and-file member of the party," he said. read more

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