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.
That’s ridiculous. The SS never recruited with “Hey, come join us and gas the Jews.” People join organizations like this for power and opportunity, no different than most members of the Communists in the USSR. I doubt many of them knew of what went on in the Gulags when they decided on joining the Gulags... etc, etc.
If you can prove this guy was involved directly in the killings or was in a position where he was ordering them fine, but that doesn’t sound remotely like what this guy was involved in, I haven’t heard any arguments even from the prosecution so far that link him in any way to anything other than being in the SS and stationed at a camp.
Unless they can, its nothing more than a circus/revenge and not justice.