Believe him or not the man has a terminal illness and isn't long for this Earth. If there is a heaven or hell he will be judged for his actions not by you or I.
Yup, yup. I'm not judging him any more than you (unless you've believed every word he said and don't wonder about what he doesn't want to talk about). I've simply pointed out that I wouldn't take his word at face value (whether or not he has a terminal illness is irrelevant to the veracity of his claims) mainly because that kind of story has been repeated far too many times, by far too many other veterans from the Wehrmacht for all of them to be telling the truth.
Look, I had a relative who fought in WWII, Korea and Suez. He was very friendly and a very good artist (and he's already passed now, God rest his soul). However just because he fought in those 3 conflicts I don't necessarily believe everything he ever said about them (which really wasn't much since he hated talking about and usually much preferred to discuss paintings or birds or better yet paintings of birds