It’s lazy stereotyping to say that every unmarried old crackpot is a peado.
He was a product of a different age; superimposing 21st morals on him is a bit pointless. He formed his views of the Hun in difficult circumstances; I doubt anyone on here could appreciate it.
“I may be accused of being a dinosaur, but I would remind you that dinosaurs ruled the Earth for a very long time.” Ha!