So they decided guilt by association was enough.... there is no doubt of the horrors inflicted by the SS, but unless they can put this guy in some position of power where he could have directly prevented the deaths in question, this is not justice, just revenge.
youre certainly entitled to your opinion but at the time it was determined that anyone that volunteered to join the SS and was later involved in what the ss did in the camps was culpable. we’re not talking about conscripted standard army soldiers or even volunteer standard army soldiers. im not an expert but I know there were literally thousands of trials after the war of all levels of ss members. most served prison time and then went on to live their lives. the higher ranked ones or ones more directly involved in the murders were executed or given life sentences. in the 50’s through the 80’s these kinds of trials were commonplace. not so much now because obviously they have all died off.