Talk:Siegfried Buback

Last paragraph doesn't make any sense...
Not seeing the connection to Carlos the Jackal - or is it just badly written? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.207.2.2 (talk) 19:59, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Nazi Party membership
Under the heading "Career", the article states "From 1940 to 1945, he was a member of the Nazi Party." This is rather odd. First, because during that period, there were about 8.5 million members of the Nazi Party (about 8.499,000 of whom do not have Wikis), so his membership is not necessarily noteworthy unless he is known to have participated as a Party member in some significant role. Second, the vast majority of Party members during that time were civilians, rather than the image that comes to mind of a Nazi "stormtrooper" or uniform-wearing official. Again -- Buback's actual role needs to be explained. Third, the only mention of Buback's actual career in the article is that he became Germany's Attorney General in 1974 (almost 30 years after the end of the Nazi Party). Simply being a member of the Nazi Party was hardly a "career", nor does his former Party membership seem to have resulted in him becoming the German AG, so this non sequitur of Buback's membership should not be included under this heading. Bricology (talk) 10:47, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
 * It's true that NSDAP membership was common during 1933-1945. While the figure may rank far above 8 million another 72 million Germans simply were not. So it's still noteworthy that Siegfried Buback was a National Socialist (NAZI isn't an encyclopedic word and a give away that a source can't be taken serious) and should be mentioned in the article. --105.5.117.185 (talk) 20:13, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
 * All Nazis no matter what they did or not should be outed and held accountable. 2601:483:4500:2940:9DF0:CA43:B813:D1EC (talk) 00:44, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * If he was kept in a prisoner's camp in France until 1947 sure he was not just a Wermatch soldier. 81.38.213.148 (talk) 23:05, 30 May 2024 (UTC)