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Trenzalore

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35. I fail to see the point in indicting 97 year old secretaries.

Reply to waddirum (Reply #34)

Wed Dec 21, 2022, 08:45 PM

Dec 2022

Again, if she was a guard or someone in charge of the camp, yes. The entire German people have responsibility for that war. Indict everyone that was 18 in 1944 if it makes you feel better.

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Former Nazi camp secretary found guilty of complicity in 10,500 murders [View all] mysteryowl Dec 2022 OP

Judge Gross is wrong about the end of Nazi trials. GreenWave Dec 2022 #1

I read it as the last "global" trial mysteryowl Dec 2022 #3

I suspect it comes down to how you define NAZI. I think he is free-range to the very specific karynnj Dec 2022 #4

I get the exact reading of it. GreenWave Dec 2022 #6

Only if they go after people that were in the Hitler Youth as children. cstanleytech Dec 2022 #11

This woman was tried in juvenile court Zeitghost Dec 2022 #16

So they are now going after children? cstanleytech Dec 2022 #18

"Perusing"? Pursuing, maybe? 3catwoman3 Dec 2022 #2

The body is old but she still supported the regime. 2 years is 2 short, no matter her age. JudyM Dec 2022 #10

How much free will Zeitghost Dec 2022 #17

There's nothing in the story suggesting she was forced or even pressured, that would be a defense JudyM Dec 2022 #21

I'm not sure a single news story is an extensive report Zeitghost Dec 2022 #22

Please. JudyM Dec 2022 #23

Sure, she could have quit at any time Zeitghost Dec 2022 #27

She applied for the job. She married an SS squad leader. JudyM Dec 2022 #28

K&R Solly Mack Dec 2022 #5

Plus...America mysteryowl Dec 2022 #9

Like the U.S. ???? DENVERPOPS Dec 2022 #14

yep. We sure did. Evolve Dammit Dec 2022 #15

FYI - German privacy and health laws Pachamama Dec 2022 #7

No statue of limitation on mass murder over there IronLionZion Dec 2022 #8

These can be a little tough for me to judge bearsfootball516 Dec 2022 #12

Do we put every soldier on trial that served in the Nazi army? Trenzalore Dec 2022 #13

You really don't see the importance of this trial? waddirum Dec 2022 #30

If she was a guard or someone with actual responsibility, yes Trenzalore Dec 2022 #31

a secretary keeping tally on human hair production waddirum Dec 2022 #34

I fail to see the point in indicting 97 year old secretaries. Trenzalore Dec 2022 #35

Because a trial for her crimes is absolutely necessary. waddirum Dec 2022 #36

ridiculous Slammer Dec 2022 #20

She would have been born in 1925 FakeNoose Dec 2022 #19

Give me a break. ForgoTheConsequence Dec 2022 #24

"Now she gets blamed for the Holocaust because the men are all dead?" Behind the Aegis Dec 2022 #25

did you read the article? waddirum Dec 2022 #32

not sure... myohmy2 Dec 2022 #26

the trial and the testimony were vitally necessary waddirum Dec 2022 #33

Good. A tad late, but good. maxsolomon Dec 2022 #29