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BigDemVoter

(4,698 posts)
21. NO mercy for these fuckers. . .
Fri Mar 6, 2020, 05:43 PM
Mar 2020

My great grandmother and great aunt were murdered somewhere in Poland; we never found out anything other than the name of a ghetto, Izbica.

Just from the heartbreak and misery these people have caused not only for those killed but also for those who survived, I don't think there should ever be a statute of limitation. I don't find it far fetched or draconian at all. This gentleman may be 94-years-old, but he was old enough to know better at the time, and I can guarantee if he was a guard at Neuengamme, he was brutal. I don't think Neuengamme was a true "extermination" camp (the kind where they gassed people), but I think it was a labor camp where they worked almost everybody to death.

These people never should have been allowed in this country in the first place. I'm talking about how the American government looked the other way regarding certain individuals' Nazi pasts if they had some kind of scientific knowledge to contribute, even if this scientific knowledge was obtained by "questionable" means.

The only thing that makes me sad about this is that the old man is too old to spend much time in jail. I wish I believed in hell, as this would give me great satisfaction. . .

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They should start looking in Carlsbad and Escondido, CA sandensea Mar 2020 #1
And those are pretty 2naSalit Mar 2020 #5
Just beautiful! sandensea Mar 2020 #6
Used to live there, still have 2naSalit Mar 2020 #9
Meh...it gets too hot in Escondido during the summer sdfernando Mar 2020 #10
That was my first thought: too friggin' hot. C Moon Mar 2020 #12
True. It ain't Laguna Beach sandensea Mar 2020 #13
My sister lives 10 min away from me in BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #32
We must be neighbors sdfernando Mar 2020 #42
Fellow DUer "FreeState" lives by us too. BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #43
Seriously? Juneboarder Mar 2020 #23
I'm exaggerating - but they're there sandensea Mar 2020 #25
Wowsers! Juneboarder Mar 2020 #28
From Barton Fink (1991) Lord Ludd Mar 2020 #36
Ha! sandensea Mar 2020 #40
It's crazy that they're still finding these people alive. Renew Deal Mar 2020 #2
He would have only been nineteen in 1945 PatSeg Mar 2020 #15
Poor guy. JudyM Mar 2020 #17
I'm not being sympathetic PatSeg Mar 2020 #18
Sorry, still a fail; suggesting they're mere pawns only continues to amplify your sympathy. JudyM Mar 2020 #19
I tend to be sympathetic to abused children PatSeg Mar 2020 #20
WTH!? "Abused children?" Based on what evidence?! And what of the people in the concentration camp?! JudyM Mar 2020 #22
Taking children and turning them into fascists PatSeg Mar 2020 #24
Thank you customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #26
And thank you PatSeg Mar 2020 #27
You're welcome customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #29
You really are a "customer service guy"! PatSeg Mar 2020 #30
Well, I've been customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #34
My father flew in a B24 for 50 missions Mr.Bill Mar 2020 #31
Thank you. JudyM Mar 2020 #33
And I'm sure customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #35
He's been living a normal life for 75 years Polybius Mar 2020 #37
What?! And if your mother had been suffering horribly or died in the camp where he was a guard...? JudyM Mar 2020 #38
I'd say the time for prosecution is over, and I'd curse his boss Hitler for the orders Polybius Mar 2020 #39
How unfortunate for him... atreides1 Mar 2020 #3
His daughter 2naSalit Mar 2020 #11
My 95 year old CRK7376 Mar 2020 #4
"...still receives a pension from Germany for his work, "including his wartime service." keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #7
Those Nazis were fastidious record keepers... brooklynite Mar 2020 #8
Thank IBM. eggplant Mar 2020 #14
Pretty amazing story, a movie plot. marble falls Mar 2020 #16
NO mercy for these fuckers. . . BigDemVoter Mar 2020 #21
I've heard of Izbica. Probably saw either a Ilsa Mar 2020 #41
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