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Long after move to US, Nazi suspect faces charges
Associated Press
Published: 19.06.14, 13:34
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1. Can we please stop this....
Bill ,   USA   (06.19.14)
OK, enough is enough already. The major players were tried and hung or eventually hunted down and punished. It's time to let this rest now. Dwelling on the past too much is just as harmful as forgetting it. A low level camp guard? If he is 89, that means he was 19 or 20 in 1945 when the war ended. He was a kid that probably hung around with a rifle over his shoulder and smoked cigarettes all day. Now, if there is a reliable eyewitness account showing he participated in atrocities, then fine, let him swing. Otherwise, going after camp guards that were conscripted is just silly and a waste of time and money. What's next? The cook at Dachau for making bad Schnitzel? It is time to move on and let the dead rest in peace.
2. @1 Major players were hunted... which ones?
Miron ,   USA   (06.19.14)
The whole SS division disappeared into the West so full of Western values, to never be heard. The question is what these processes are for. Without explaining that West basically covered up for Nazis these stories run hollow.
3. To: No. 1
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.19.14)
All camp guards were complicit in the deaths of Jews, and everyone else, at Auschwitz-Birkenau. There is a legal doctrine known as the law of common purpose -- if you are a party to an act, you are equally culpable. This man was a party to genocide and mass murder. It is inconceivable that he did not what was going on. Do you think you'd recognize someone who was beaten, half-starved, and ultimately gassed and then cremated? Do you think you'd have noticed bodies stacked up like cordwood? The Nuremberg Tribunal was very clear -- all members of the SS were complicit in the acts of the SS. There's no getting around that. By the way -- the SS was a voluntary organization. They did not take conscripts. They had to take an oath of loyalty not to Germany, but to Adolf Hitler (may his name be cursed throughout eternity) PERSONALLY. Until every possible Nazi and Nazi collaborator is brought to justice, the dead will not rest in peace. Finally -- learn English, please. It is, after all, your native language. Pictures are hung. People are hanged.
4. Chasing after cooks and maintenance schmocks ,...
split ,   US   (06.19.14)
Curiously not one Jewish kapo, Judenrat official or snitch affiliated with organizations like 'group 13' and other cells collaborating with Nazis responsible for countless deaths not only Jews but also Poles for helping and hiding Jews was ever hunted and brought to justice ,...
5. I'll have my pound of flesh.
Shylocke   (06.19.14)
6. should have been sent back to
Barney ,   USA   (06.19.14)
Germany 10 years ago and not allowed to live out his life in peace. To Bill, eyewitnesses? They were all gassed and burned. Never time to let crimes against humanity rest. Think he didn't know what was going on? I have more sympathy for descendants of these monsters who did do nothing and have to live with the stain.
7. PITY THAT POOR OLD MAN IN WHEELCHAIR, DRAGGING O2 TANK...
stude ham   (06.19.14)
perfect picture of pitiful creature ... who helped to murder trainloads of Hungarian Jews in Auschwitz. his kind can never be allowed escape from justice...
8. #1 Let justice prevail
Gary ,   USA   (06.19.14)
9. 1
(06.19.14)
we lost 20 family members in auschwitz. shut the fuck up, you morom.
10. Foolish jeering, fascists are given hero coverage
Miron ,   USA   (06.20.14)
by English speaking press. While defenders of Belgrade were accused of war crimes, when there were none, German fascists treated to world wide acclaim and civil cases.
11. @9 how much to they pay trolls for art like yours.
Miron ,   USA   (06.20.14)
And how much do they pay moderators to sensor rational people critical of Western policies covering up for fascists and bringing to the attention irrational behavior.
12. This scum is published, while inspirational story
Miron ,   USA   (06.20.14)
of recovery of Schumakher, Formula 1 champion, is kept away from pages. Our world is way brighter than some may want us to believe. And the rainbow is not an exclusive property of a particular group... If you still remember, it was given to all after deluge as a symbol of "never again".
13. # 3 What would you have do?
Albrecht ,   EU   (06.19.14)
IMAGINE such an EXAMPLE: - There is a world war. Each day thousands of Israeli citizents (soldiers, civilians) DIE. - You are an about 18-20 year old soldier in a "camp" for Arabs. - In this camp each day many Arabs (men, women, children) are killed. What are you doing?
14. @13 you mean EU does not use war crime tribunals?
Miron ,   USA   (06.21.14)
what do you mean "what would you do different". You think everyone is that stupid.
15. #1
Harold ,   USA   (06.21.14)
Excellent comment. I hope Simon Weisenthal Center members read your excellent advise and learn something.
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