So they can throw a few people under the bus and let the most prolific offenders get away with things?
Apparently there was one Nazi on trial in the UK, he slipped through the net of Ben Ferencz (the man responsible for making what few trials we had happen). He was tried in the UK, sentenced to death, then Winston Churchill himself (who had helped finance his legal defence) had his sentenced commuted to life in prison. His sentence was later reduced down to like 20 years and he was let go free. All of this was allegedly because Churchill hated the Soviets more and really wanted to go to war with Russia immediately after WW2. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find the name of this Nazi - I read it in a long article around the time of Ferencz’s death, then found a Wikipedia article about the Nazi by name (which may well have been scrubbed, Wikipedia doesn’t like articles about individuals and prefers articles about events). However it’s an interesting facet of the atrocities that were allowed to go by without facing justice, so long as the victors could profit from them, similar to all the rocket scientists and Japanese medical research that the US acquired.
How is the first thing I’ve said stupid? The Nuremburg trials were indeed groundbreaking, but they didn’t really hold the most responsible to account. They stepped down the ladder and held the people they could to account.
So they can throw a few people under the bus and let the most prolific offenders get away with things?
Apparently there was one Nazi on trial in the UK, he slipped through the net of Ben Ferencz (the man responsible for making what few trials we had happen). He was tried in the UK, sentenced to death, then Winston Churchill himself (who had helped finance his legal defence) had his sentenced commuted to life in prison. His sentence was later reduced down to like 20 years and he was let go free. All of this was allegedly because Churchill hated the Soviets more and really wanted to go to war with Russia immediately after WW2. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find the name of this Nazi - I read it in a long article around the time of Ferencz’s death, then found a Wikipedia article about the Nazi by name (which may well have been scrubbed, Wikipedia doesn’t like articles about individuals and prefers articles about events). However it’s an interesting facet of the atrocities that were allowed to go by without facing justice, so long as the victors could profit from them, similar to all the rocket scientists and Japanese medical research that the US acquired.
I’m sorry, if you start with something that I consider stupid you can’t expect me to read the rest.
How is the first thing I’ve said stupid? The Nuremburg trials were indeed groundbreaking, but they didn’t really hold the most responsible to account. They stepped down the ladder and held the people they could to account.