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June 26, 2013 By Timothy Ashby Leave a Comment

Nazi Holocaust Killers: Still Here

Do Old Nazis matter?

The Holocaust ended with the Second World War 68 years ago, yet some of the Nazis who perpetrated history’s most horrendous crimes are still alive.  Recently, the 94-year-old former commander of a SS military unit was found in Minneapolis, where he had been living quietly for six decades.  His unit commited wartime atrocities, including burning of villages filled with women and children.  Another nonagenarian was arrested in Germany for complicity in mass murders that took place at the notorious Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, where he served as a guard in 1941-1945. http://nation.time.com/2013/06/16/shock-lingers-after-nazi-unit-leader-found-in-u-s/#ixzz2X28HRKnh

More than a hundred Nazis Remain Free

Over a hundred old Nazis remain free, including some who have been sentenced to death in absentia for mass murder.  They are cavorting with grandchildren, driving cars and generally enjoying lives that they denied to their victims.   http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130507-nazi-war-criminal-holocaust-auschwitz-hans-lipschis-simon-wiesenthal-center-demjanjuk/

Yes, it matters

As the horrors of World War II fade into history, does it really matter that elderly men should stand trial for crimes committed so long ago?  The answer is yes: they must be punished for the atrocities they committed regardless of age or state of health .Such crimes against humanity can never be excused, or forgottenPursuits and convictions, no matter how late, must  serve as reminders that civilization will not tolerate atrocities from any era or country.  Dying of old age in a comfortable bed should not be the fate of surviving Nazi killers, or anyone else who perpetrates such evil, whatever or wherever their outrages were committed. The intervening years do not lessen the crime, and frailty doesn’t justify  complacency.

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An international lawyer, businessman and writer, Tim Ashby worked in Washington DC as a counter-terrorism consultant to the U.S. State Department, and then as a senior official at the U.S. Commerce Department. He holds a PhD degree from the University of Southern California, a JD from Seattle University Law School, and an MBA from the University of Edinburgh Scotland. Tim Ashby currently lives in the south of France. Read More

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