http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsmarine
Since U-168 was built for and operated by the Kreigsmarine, crews were under direct command of Hitler and must have sworn allegiance to him personally as part of the Wehrmacht. That makes the the sub a Nazi sub in my book and no amount of whitewashing will change that.
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