The ‘only following orders’ didn’t protect the SS and others at the Nurenburg Trials, and it work here. I hope.
That should be ‘it won’t work’ with the people here.
No criminal expects to be caught. Plenty of rank and file Nazis were never identified, caught or punished. Some of the wanted ones crossed the ocean and found a safe haven.
Besides, Nazis were running the country pretty much unopposed for more than a decade. Then they overextended and collapsed. The new generation of Nazis will not, of course, make that mistake.
There are reasons that may stay the hand of a DHS Einsatzgruppe soldier. But fear of lawful punishment is not one of them. Otherwise there would be no dictators in this world. Einsatzgruppen had 3,000 soldiers in 1941; after the war 18 commanders were tried and executed. Every lowly soldier, like the one in the photo, would feel perfectly safe.
That was my point, and you obviously know your history.
Interesting factoid: the US no longer has UN sanction for operations in foreign nations, we no longer have cover of International Law.
That was after killing millions. I would hope it could be stopped sooner here.