i googled hitler youth and john ratzinger. on guardian.co.uk and libertypost.org, one british liberal newspaper and one american conserative site,(an opinion site or a webblog? ) both mention his time in the hitler youth. {disclaimer i did not, nor will i spend a great deal of time on reading anymore about this information} the libertypost.org site also mention his working near dachau inmates in 1943 and that he saw hungarian jews being loaded up to be sent to death camps. while his father was a police officer who refused to join the nazi party, the new popes' past behavior does make me feel uneasy. john paul 2 was in the resistance , benedict 16 was a member of hitler youth. this does make me feel very uncomfortable .