Posted on 04/23/2015 7:42:28 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
A former Auschwitz guard being tried on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder has testified that it was clear to him Jews were not expected to leave the camp in Nazi-occupied Poland alive.
"I couldn't imagine that" happening, former SS Sgt. Oskar Groening told the Lueneburg state court on Thursday during the third day of his trial, the DPA news agency reported.
The 93-year-old's answer came in response to a question from attorneys representing Auschwitz survivors who have joined the trial as co-plaintiffs, as allowed under German law...
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
—— it comes to murder. So what proof is there that he killed anyone?——
I don’t care...he was part of the world’s most evil movement...
If he was sent to a concentration camp as a guard...there was a reason he was picked for that duty...
The Nazi’s SS just didn’t send any joe smo’s
“they were the paratroopers right? I didn’t know that. all of them or just certain units?”
The SS raised a couple of airborne units for anti-partisan operations against Tito, maybe them. I can’t imagine going after regular airborne guys from my limited knowledge.
i guess that’s why they are having the trial. evidence is heard. both sides make an argument. blah blah blah
his Wikipedia page is an interesting read. it lays out how he found himself in this predicament. he came out of the shadows because of the moral guilt he felt and he wanted to contest holocaust deniers with first person testimony. that may work out well for him ultimately.
I know you don’t care about the evidence or proof against him. And I guess that’s the difference between you and me. I think when a person is charged with murder, sufficient evidence needs to be presented.
precisely.
As long as Americans think it is NORMAL to have a political party that promotes chopping babies to pieces, sucking out their brains, etc., America is, spiritually and morally, MUCH SICKER than Nazi Germany ever was. The German people were SO HEALTHY, morally and spiritually, that Hitler had to keep the camps secret. America is so SICK that the Yellow Pages in every large city list the places where babies are murdered.
Last year, 20 CATHOLIC colleges and universities honored pro-abortion people at their commencements.
With about ten exceptions, American Catholic bishops insist that pro-abortion, pro-sodomy people be given Communion.
If the American people were to become as spiritually and morally healthy as the German people were under Hitler, America would be a better place.
Not only that, but there’s a retirement home for Nazi SS in Israel where they’re tended to by Jews until they die.
Not forgiven... you can’t forgive a criminal on the victim’s behalf; but understood.
I don’t feel good about this at all.
This guy was such a “war criminal” he appeared on the BBC series “The Nazis and the Final Solution.” His job was to take foreign currency from Auschwitz to Berlin. I despise the Nazi's, but this trial is BS.
You don't have to actually murder someone to be charged...
Ever hear of accessory to murder?
That's what he is being charged with...
300,000 counts
Without these low level functionaries that are "just doing their job" these higher ups could never achieve the atrocities they did.
70 years is a long time though.
Yeah I didn’t think they were either but I know as the war wound down, german units were less likely to take prisoners which led to many atrocities, and certain units were held accountable if it was determined to be a pattern. FJ’s probably often fell into that category since they higher profile/elite
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