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23. He didn't kill anyone. He was the accountant.

Reply to BigDemVoter (Reply #19)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:08 PM

Apr 2015

He was assigned there and requested a transfer. It was denied. What should he have done?

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Auschwitz Guard Oskar Groening Goes On Trial, Says He Shares Moral Guilt [View all] Stuart G Apr 2015 OP

I worry that future generations will forget the horrible lessons of that war. MADem Apr 2015 #1

Yes their are enourmous gaps. Stuart G Apr 2015 #2

I remember that film. It is very powerful. nt MADem Apr 2015 #42

It is taught in my children's school district and taught well. FourScore Apr 2015 #4

Actually, my fears are somewhat the inverse of that renegade000 Apr 2015 #21

Excellent post! A german person once told me FourScore Apr 2015 #22

Pol Pot's "Killing Fields" of the early '70s comes to my mind nt LiberalElite Apr 2015 #48

my granddaughters are Jewish. They have all learned about the Holocaust. CTyankee Apr 2015 #44

Just so you know, the charges brought against this man were in response FourScore Apr 2015 #59

I would be interested in what my granddaughters would have to say about this. CTyankee Apr 2015 #61

Yes. That would be interesting. FourScore Apr 2015 #62

I lived in Germany for 2 years (1965-1967) HeiressofBickworth Apr 2015 #70

I would've done the same. FourScore Apr 2015 #72

I don't think I could do it. I'd be haunted by it for a long, long time... CTyankee Apr 2015 #82

I went to Daukau....the day after Octoberfest in Munich yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #76

I am probably in the minority here, but I don't think he should be on trial. FourScore Apr 2015 #3

"what will this achieve?" It will get an accessory to mass murder off the street wordpix Apr 2015 #9

"Off the street"? That's ridiculous. Larry Engels Apr 2015 #11

He's been walking around free for decades and now it's his time to pay wordpix Apr 2015 #13

Post removed Post removed Apr 2015 #16

you're adding nothing to this discussion except to denigrate me wordpix Apr 2015 #24

My family never got to live 840high Apr 2015 #26

HE was not stealing them. He was ordered to do the accounting for those who were stealing. FourScore Apr 2015 #17

you certainly know a lot about this guy from one article before he's gone to trial wordpix Apr 2015 #35

He volunteered for the SS. Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #43

He did not slaughter anyone. He was an accountant. FourScore Apr 2015 #47

He knowingly worked at a death camp participating in the process of extermination. Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #49

Then why weren't they put on trial at the end of the war? FourScore Apr 2015 #55

They probably hadn't apprehended him. Lots of them got away... CTyankee Apr 2015 #56

No. The war crimes tribunal focused on the commanders and those in charge. FourScore Apr 2015 #57

But isn't this the German legal system going after him? CTyankee Apr 2015 #58

Yes, it is. I'll have to ponder that. FourScore Apr 2015 #60

I wrote an essay on Klimpt's Adele Bloch-Bauer and this question came up afresh... CTyankee Apr 2015 #63

Thank you so much for referring me to that wonderful essay!!! FourScore Apr 2015 #64

I think I did see mention of it but only vaguely remember it. CTyankee Apr 2015 #79

YES!!! Thanks for the head's up! n/t FourScore Apr 2015 #80

There will be a test... CTyankee Apr 2015 #83

As defeat became inevitable the nazis started Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #67

Then you have hundreds of people still alive to prosecute. n/t FourScore Apr 2015 #68

Germany has a list of 50 from Auschwitz Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #73

It's called justice. And it is the right thing to do. CTyankee Apr 2015 #45

Okay. My question to you is this - FourScore Apr 2015 #52

the lesson we learn from the Holocaust is that too many people "complied" because CTyankee Apr 2015 #53

Show him the same mercy MosheFeingold Apr 2015 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalElite Apr 2015 #50

10? years ago he stood-up to idiot holocaust deniers. knows he is guilty & helps to add to facts. Sunlei Apr 2015 #5

That would be best. I so agree with you. n/t FourScore Apr 2015 #6

He should record his testimony as well if he hasn't done. amandabeech Apr 2015 #7

That is a reasonable act of justice Telcontar Apr 2015 #41

guilty of theft & an accessory to over a million murders wordpix Apr 2015 #8

We all know the atrocities of Auschwitz, and they were horrible. FourScore Apr 2015 #10

This stuff happened 75 years ago. Larry Engels Apr 2015 #14

"Accessory to a million murders"? Larry Engels Apr 2015 #12

what's laughable was his statement he witnessed one atrocity wordpix Apr 2015 #15

"Bleeding"? Larry Engels Apr 2015 #18

I would like to sit you 840high Apr 2015 #28

good try, Larry, but I won't be bullied by you wordpix Apr 2015 #30

It's an emotional topic. I understand. FourScore Apr 2015 #20

Very few prisoners were shot or worked to death happyslug Apr 2015 #74

Wow. i feel like I can't move after reading that. FourScore Apr 2015 #77

That certainly is an understatement. . . . BigDemVoter Apr 2015 #19

He didn't kill anyone. He was the accountant. FourScore Apr 2015 #23

yes that's his claim. "What should he have done?" wordpix Apr 2015 #27

How was he to leave Germany, and to where? FourScore Apr 2015 #36

he was a German citizen so he could leave- why are you making excuses? wordpix Apr 2015 #38

I am not making excuses, I'm just not willing to convict the man yet based on what we know. FourScore Apr 2015 #40

As an SS member Ms. Yertle Apr 2015 #78

He "should have" refused. BigDemVoter Apr 2015 #37

Yes. I agree. FourScore Apr 2015 #71

That makes sense with what we know BigDemVoter Apr 2015 #86

Good. Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #25

Very good. 840high Apr 2015 #29

absolutely should stand trial, I don't care that it was 75 yrs. ago wordpix Apr 2015 #31

Thank you. My life 840high Apr 2015 #32

I am sorry. My grandma told me this would happen again if we let the world forget wordpix Apr 2015 #33

Honestly, I don't think the real problem is "forgetting", but "rewritting." Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #34

The man on trial agrees with you 100%. It is, in fact, how charges were brought against him. FourScore Apr 2015 #54

Good. Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #65

Nice how we can deflect accountability for our own sins moniss Apr 2015 #39

You have said, what needs to be said, Thank You!!!!!!!!!!! Stuart G Apr 2015 #81

Can we now put to rest ANY and ALL argument about the holocaust happening? NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #51

Is there proof he did anything but write stuff down in ledgers? FLPanhandle Apr 2015 #66

I completely agree. n/t FourScore Apr 2015 #69

He thinks he is morally accountable for his participation. Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #84

Morally accountable isn't the same as legally guilty FLPanhandle Apr 2015 #85

he was on the ramp as trains unloaded & knew "the enemies of Germany were being exterminated" wordpix Apr 2015 #87

Two pics of him... WhoWoodaKnew Apr 2015 #75