But he was drafted (not voluntarily) into the Wehrmacht and in the last years expressed his doubts and disillusionment with the Nazi regime (more details in the German wiki).

Oh, that makes it better.

Also some people seem really triggered by me saying “not all Nazis are evil.” I guess they misinterpreted that as Nazi-apologism, which was not at all my intention. I’m simply pointing out the fact that we cannot lump everyone under a nametag and just assume they are all “evil.”

I mean... sure. But the guy still did the nazi salute at the Olympics. Kind of... hard... to mental gymnastics that away, even if he was friends with a black athlete and that athlete attended/cared for the guys kid after he got shot/killed in a battle for the party that he "supported"/saluted for.

(Being fair though: If he DIDN'T salute, I'm sure Hitler would've sent him off to be gassed/etc.)