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Is Simon Gruber's army descended from Nazis?

posted 3 years ago by [deleted]
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They seem to speak and act in a very efficient, clipped, and militaristic fashion if they aren't. Or do Americans perceive European bad guys as being as bad as them?

[–] HarlemEagle42 (16250) 3 years ago

They're probably ex-military or mercenaries. I think Matthias Targo was supposed to be a former Hungarian officer.

[–] NitroHangover (1115) 3 years ago

Germans in general are kind of known for those qualities, even without the Nazi comparisons. They're just a very efficient, organized, and regimented culture.

No, they weren't Nazis. Just very stereotypically German thieves.