Most people think that it would be hard to be tried on 260,000 counts of any crime especially accessory to murder. Nevertheless a 91 year old german radio operator is being tried for all of the jews that she indirectly sent to Auschwitz. Earlier this year a 93 year old bookkeeper was sentenced to 4 years in prison a similar logic. In Germany there has been a rise in these type of prosecutions. Including A 94 year old guard for 300,000 counts of accessory to murder, and the bookkeeper for 290,000. There are many different points of view on this topic. Some think that society should continue to hunt any and all Nazi personnel. Others believe that only the Nazi officials should be tried. Still others believe that the Nazis should be forgiven for their atrocities. With all of these beliefs it is not
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It seems crazy sentencing a 90+ year old person to a crime such as this,and giving them a sentence they probably won't survive. However this thing has happened before. There have been multiple people sentenced to very long sentences at an old age recently.
One of the reasons this issue has gained so much notoriety is because of the obvious reason that The Holocaust was basically the largest tragedy in human history Before the Nazis the word holocaust meant: a massive killing of people. This was used in the context of a holocaust of a city or town. For example: a holocaust befel the village when the enemy attacked.
However after The Holocaust (you caught the difference didn’t you) it has become almost a forbidden word. Use it in its previous context and some there will be some strange looks exchanged.
Also on the topic of the notoriety of this issue there are massive and very intense internet discussions on this topic. People argue their sides with good points and passion. Smaller issues don’t snowball like this especially on the internet. This is WWII we are talking
It seems crazy sentencing a 90+ year old person to a crime such as this,and giving them a sentence they probably won't survive. However this thing has happened before. There have been multiple people sentenced to very long sentences at an old age recently.
One of the reasons this issue has gained so much notoriety is because of the obvious reason that The Holocaust was basically the largest tragedy in human history Before the Nazis the word holocaust meant: a massive killing of people. This was used in the context of a holocaust of a city or town. For example: a holocaust befel the village when the enemy attacked.
However after The Holocaust (you caught the difference didn’t you) it has become almost a forbidden word. Use it in its previous context and some there will be some strange looks exchanged.
Also on the topic of the notoriety of this issue there are massive and very intense internet discussions on this topic. People argue their sides with good points and passion. Smaller issues don’t snowball like this especially on the internet. This is WWII we are talking