100-Year-Old to Stand Trial For Alleged Nazi War Crimes

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100-Year-Old to Stand Trial For Alleged Nazi War Crimes

The memorial that honors the victims of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

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Claire Barrett
August 9, 2021

On August 1, the German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported that a 100-year-old man will stand trial for his alleged complicity in the killings of more than 3,500 people while working as a camp guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp from 1942-1945.

In accordance with German media laws, the accused was not named but was said to have been complicit in executions by firing squad and poisonous gas. The charges against the accused, deemed fit by the court to stand trial this October, reflects a race against time to bring Nazi criminals to justice despite the nearly 80 years since the alleged crimes took place.

“It took a long time, which has not made things any easier, because now we are dealing with such elderly defendants,” Cyrill Klement, a prosecutor in Neuruppin, whose office pressed charges against the 100-year-old man, told the New York Times. “But murder and accessory to murder have no statute of limitation.”

https://www.historynet.com/100-year-old-to-stand-trial-for-alleged-nazi-war-crimes.htm

[Free Vulcan]

I know the Nazis were horrible, but a 100 y/o man? I think it's time to put it to bed and be done.

Not to mention most of the worst of the Japanese skated.

And most all the commies.

[jafo2010]

There is no statute of limitations for mass genocide, and there never should be.  No leniency because he has managed to elude justice!!!

[Free Vulcan]

There is no statute of limitations for mass genocide, and there never should be.  No leniency because he has managed to elude justice!!!

Equal enforcement though, would be nice.

[libertybele]

There is no statute of limitations for mass genocide, and there never should be.  No leniency because he has managed to elude justice!!!

The man is 100 years old.  He will soon meet his maker. Justice will be served.

[Fishrrman]

Vulcan complained:
"I know the Nazis were horrible, but a 100 y/o man? I think it's time to put it to bed and be done."

Careful, comrade citizen.
40 years from now, The Party will not forget those who opposed it.
And they'll be coming after.... you.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I know the Nazis were horrible, but a 100 y/o man? I think it's time to put it to bed and be done.

Not to mention most of the worst of the Japanese skated.

And most all the commies.

So you draw exceptions to war crimes due to age?  Basically you are saying that if one can hide and dodge long enough not be caught, one should not be prosecuted for any crime as there is nothing more heinous than a war crime.

What other exceptions do you believe should be taken into account?

Gender?  Ethnicity?  Being a loving parent?  Generosity?

[Free Vulcan]

So you draw exceptions to war crimes due to age?  Basically you are saying that if one can hide and dodge long enough not be caught, one should not be prosecuted for any crime as there is nothing more heinous than a war crime.

What other exceptions do you believe should be taken into account?

Gender?  Ethnicity?  Being a loving parent?  Generosity?

So you think we should have just concentrated on the Nazis and no one else?

[skeeter]

There is no statute of limitations for mass genocide, and there never should be.  No leniency because he has managed to elude justice!!!

Will there be witnesses to any specific acts? Or will ‘he was a nazi and we all hate nazis’ be enough to convict?

[IsailedawayfromFR]

So you think we should have just concentrated on the Nazis and no one else?

That is a non-sequiter and indicative of no answer to the statements I made.

Try to rebut what I stated rather than visiting elsewhere

[sneakypete]

I suggest it would be more fitting to sentence him to life in prison,or 30 days. Whichever comes first.

[GtHawk]

Will there be witnesses to any specific acts? Or will ‘he was a nazi and we all hate nazis’ be enough to convict?

If there are witnesses left they will either be approx. his age and hazy memories or those that were children who survived with still sharp memories. Although my mother who is 90 has very sharp memories of her youth but is hazy on what day of the week it is.

[Free Vulcan]

That is a non-sequiter and indicative of no answer to the statements I made.

Try to rebut what I stated rather than visiting elsewhere

So tell me what the priority is - should we use limited resources to take down 100 y/o low level participants not far from death, or go after the genocide dealers working right now and today?

[skeeter]

So tell me what the priority is - should we use limited resources to take down 100 y/o low level participants not far from death, or go after the genocide dealers working right now and today?

IMO this is more about keeping The Nazi in the news as a present threat than it is about seeking justice.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

So tell me what the priority is - should we use limited resources to take down 100 y/o low level participants not far from death, or go after the genocide dealers working right now and today?

Do you believe in justice or not?  It is really that simple.

[Free Vulcan]

Do you believe in justice or not?  It is really that simple.

Justice, or selective justice?

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Justice, or selective justice?

Justice, of course.  Each time, every time.

[Free Vulcan]

Justice, of course.  Each time, every time.

Until we start taking out the despots that are doing genocide now, today, then no justice is being done.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Until we start taking out the despots that are doing genocide now, today, then no justice is being done.

No justice?

Man, your definition of justice is absolutely insane.  Of course justice is being done. Justice does not mean if not 100% it is 0%.

Bring dozens of rapists to justice and if one skates by means there is no justice for the dozens that were raped by the perps that were caught?

[Free Vulcan]

No justice?

Man, your definition of justice is absolutely insane.  Of course justice is being done. Justice does not mean if not 100% it is 0%.

Bring dozens of rapists to justice and if one skates by means there is no justice for the dozens that were raped by the perps that were caught?

Except in this case we're using our resources for one random old guy who raped someone 50 years ago, while we're not even trying to bring in the whole human trafficking operation across town.

Then patting ourselves on the back like we did something.

If that's your definition of justice, I don't think that skewed vision of the world can be fixed.

[sneakypete]

IMO this is more about keeping The Nazi in the news as a present threat than it is about seeking justice.

@skeeter

De white peeppulls,dey bees ebil. Eberbodie nos dat! Dey bees stoopid thow,so deys needs ta be ramindid!

[sneakypete]

Do you believe in justice or not?  It is really that simple.

@IsailedawayfromFR

You have GOT to be Bushing me! The SOB has been running around free for over 70 years,and you think making him serve 15 minutes in a prison hospital with doctors monitoring his every heartbeat is justice?????