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In reply to the discussion: Why Were 10,000 Nazis Given Safe Haven in US? Kinda creepy, where are they now? [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)lately and have been shocked to find out how few of the genocidal murderers were ever held accountable. I had always assumed that we made sure those who engaged on any level in that horrendous crime, had been punished.
But reading the stories of many of the survivors, people who were there, it became clear that a very small number of the guilty were punished and the effort to do so was weak at best.
I did not know those details you just described but have read that these monsters were allowed to function for the Government here and intended to do some more research on that. I find it appalling that we are told how 'moral' the US was when really it was not when it came to Nazi Germany.
One account I read of a personal story was by Ron Wyden's father who was a teenager in Germany during the rise of Hitler. His family got out, but he went back later to try to find one of his high school friends and gave a very good accounting of things were when he returned during WW11 to help, I believe he was in the US Military.
It seems to me the more I read, the more what I thought I knew was not the case.
What you just described is shameful. Seems to me it was probably just an excuse to protect those monsters as I'm certain we have people right here in the US who were just as capable of doing what these people did.
Thanks for your post, this all needs to be known. It doesn't serve this country well to keep the population believing what we grew up believing, because an awful lot of it was not true.
I also would not be surprised if our 'Cold War' wasn't heavily influenced by these monsters who most likely never altered their beliefs in their own superiority.