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Now let the SOB pay the price for the privileges. I have no sympathy for him.
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I can understand your feelings but is that justice? The SS was declared a criminal organization at Nuremberg and as such members were bared from migration to many countries, employment in West German government and in the Bundeswehr. So the fellow likely paid some penalty already for being a member of the SS.
If the fellow is to be convicted of a crime, should he not be guilty of it? Not saying he is not guilty, but it does seem like you want the guy to suffer regardless of if he is personally guilty of a crime or not. To many here being a 21 year old outer perimeter camp guard does not seem to rise to that level of being a crime, unless he was involved in the internal crimes.
Now being a staff sergeant he might have been involved in more than just sitting in a guard tower, but how do we know at this late date? I suppose the real argument seems to a concern for individual justice vs. folks who want to see justice done for the many folks killed in the camp. I can see both sides.
If I am missing something feel free to correct me.
kind regards
He did a lot worse than merely guard the perimeter of a concentration camp.
First of all, it was Auschwitz, the worst of the death camps.
Second, he was accused of overseeing the selection of prisoners who were sent either for labour or to the gas chambers. He tried to get out of the conviction by saying that he wasn’t in the part of the camp where the gassing took place, but he clearly participated. People died because of this bastard - THOUSANDS of them.