# Talk:Karl Plagge

Is it certain that he was a Nazi Party member?  I know that the BBC article [1] calls him a Nazi, but I took that as a generic usage.  My understanding is that regular German military (as opposed to the SS) weren't supposed to be party members.  There were exceptions, but this guy doesn't seem like he would be one. -- Randy 14:41, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The author of the book, The Search For Major Plagge was on C-SPAN over the weekend.  He said Major Plagge did indeed join the Nazi Party in (I think) 1931.  He joined because of the Nazis' economic message, but was disillusioned long before the war.