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No you did not follow the Morgentau Plan. Instead you gave Germany a bunch of money to rebuild under the Marshall Plan, and treated us quite kindly to lead us on the right path. (In contrast to the USSR which took revenge by letting their soldiers rape and loot, and disassembled German industries as repayment. The Soviets also tried to forcibly "denazify" Germany which was unsucsessful.)

No, we strangled the ones in charge and then [...]

So we agree that there is a difference between Nazis of different caliber, and they're to be treated differently.

Thank you for your nuanced reply and your openness for semantics discussion.

Provocative question: Do you think then that the US should've strangled half the German population instead of just a dozen at the Nuremberg Trials because a Nazi is a Nazi?

Ah yes removing nuance, always a win.

This list is conveniently leaving out the motive of 'being threatened', because motives do sometimes matter.

The proper term is "nazi-collaborateur".

And no I am of course not condoning any violence.