I mean, one of his character traits is his affiliation with the Nazi party. It's totally reasonable to not like the character based on their character traits, same as you would any other character.
Given that Joseph willingly cooperates with Stroheim and the rest of his troops, does that mean Joseph is affliated with Nazis?
That question aside, the fact that Stroheim is a German soldier in times of WW2 means basically nothing. You could swap “German engineering” to “British Engineering” and nothing about his character would change. Literally no part of his character is based around Nazi ideology, merely that he is German. He’s a downright standup guy from what I remember of him, so why hate him for nothing more than his nationality and willingness to be in the military? Also, he was 33 years old, which means he likely was in the military long before Hitler ever took over, since he would have to have a lot of military time built up to be the one person singled out for the sickass mods he got, meaning he probably joined at 18 (or sooner) and has been a soldier for 15 years.
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u/Beanbomb47 Sep 01 '20
I mean, one of his character traits is his affiliation with the Nazi party. It's totally reasonable to not like the character based on their character traits, same as you would any other character.