https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ikvmpv/black_american_jesse_owens_wins_an_olympic_gold/

Super cool. Definitely a good thing that reddit isn't being used to radicalize people to the alt-right, otherwise this comment might be a bit problematic, eh?

    • Waylander [he/him,they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Good reddit post here about (lack of) punishments for refusing to commit war crimes once you were enlisted: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6zpwuy/what_happened_to_members_of_the_german_military/

      I can't find any good sources on the specific punishments for refusing conscription, but the majority of soldiers who joined 1935-1939 were volunteers. I'm assuming that refusing to be drafted wasn't a viable option during WWII, but leading up to it, there appears to have been a great deal of leeway.