This article does not specify an author, but although the author does not seem to be bias of the subject, it seems most of the world wants this 93 year old man in prison. This article was published on Tue 16 Sep 2014, 8:59am by an Austrian press, which could make them biased towards the subject. Seeing that we had to learn about WW2 in grade 4, 7 and 8, I have a pretty good grasp on the subject. I also took a German classes so I have a good knowledge if Germanys history. Although I realize how tragic the holocaust was, I don't think it's logical to imprison somebody 60 years after they committed a crime they might have not wanted to, when they are about to die anyway. Also many guards where actually not Nazi advocates, some even Jews, forced to kill others or they, and their family would die. They were simply killing others to save themselves, which I believe many people would do even today. This article was most likely written for European advocates for the imprisonment of these ExNazi soldiers and to keep them in touch with the current situation. This article is important because it brings up a human right question- Is it ok to imprison somebody 60 years after they commit a crime, when they're on the verge of death anyway?
Monday, September 15, 2014
93 YO ex Nazi charged for over 300K murdersEmily Henderson
Recently a 93-year old retired Nazi from Auschwitz-Birkenau was put on trial for the murder of over 300,000 Jews at his assigned camp. He was simply supposed to check in Jews, but he was linked to the killing. The article states that "Prosecutors said the accused was aware the predominantly Jewish prisoners deemed unfit to work "were murdered directly after their arrival in the gas chambers of Auschwitz"." For 60 years, ex-Nazis couldn't be tried unless they had been directly linked to the murder, but in 2011 Munich imprisoned an exNazi guard for 5 years.
This article does not specify an author, but although the author does not seem to be bias of the subject, it seems most of the world wants this 93 year old man in prison. This article was published on Tue 16 Sep 2014, 8:59am by an Austrian press, which could make them biased towards the subject. Seeing that we had to learn about WW2 in grade 4, 7 and 8, I have a pretty good grasp on the subject. I also took a German classes so I have a good knowledge if Germanys history. Although I realize how tragic the holocaust was, I don't think it's logical to imprison somebody 60 years after they committed a crime they might have not wanted to, when they are about to die anyway. Also many guards where actually not Nazi advocates, some even Jews, forced to kill others or they, and their family would die. They were simply killing others to save themselves, which I believe many people would do even today. This article was most likely written for European advocates for the imprisonment of these ExNazi soldiers and to keep them in touch with the current situation. This article is important because it brings up a human right question- Is it ok to imprison somebody 60 years after they commit a crime, when they're on the verge of death anyway?
This article does not specify an author, but although the author does not seem to be bias of the subject, it seems most of the world wants this 93 year old man in prison. This article was published on Tue 16 Sep 2014, 8:59am by an Austrian press, which could make them biased towards the subject. Seeing that we had to learn about WW2 in grade 4, 7 and 8, I have a pretty good grasp on the subject. I also took a German classes so I have a good knowledge if Germanys history. Although I realize how tragic the holocaust was, I don't think it's logical to imprison somebody 60 years after they committed a crime they might have not wanted to, when they are about to die anyway. Also many guards where actually not Nazi advocates, some even Jews, forced to kill others or they, and their family would die. They were simply killing others to save themselves, which I believe many people would do even today. This article was most likely written for European advocates for the imprisonment of these ExNazi soldiers and to keep them in touch with the current situation. This article is important because it brings up a human right question- Is it ok to imprison somebody 60 years after they commit a crime, when they're on the verge of death anyway?
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You have to take into consideration that Nazi soldiers were basically brainwashed by their government system at that time. They hardly knew how drastic their actions actually were.
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