I really cannot comment since this is the first I've heard about the man.  What I can say is there is ahuge difference between WWII and the current day situation that I can comment on.  There have been lots of great discusions on WWII on this site, and I know that is a non-answer, but really, I can only discuss things with any credibility from my own experience, which is mostly based in Latin America.

"Schiller sprach zu Goethe, Steck in dem Arsch die Flöte! Goethe sagte zu Schiller, Mein Arsch ist kein Triller!"