He's 94! He's not a threat anymore. If u wanna throw him prison you shoulda did it maybe 30 years or so ago, why now

@davestylehenry

4 жыл бұрын

Ya really let's just throw everyone in Germany that worked in any job during ww2 in jail

@xofcipher5279

4 жыл бұрын

They are just doing it because they can

@davestylehenry

4 жыл бұрын

@@xofcipher5279 ya because a lot of other countries did that too

@xLiLtEmPeR

4 жыл бұрын

He died in March 2018

@tarsisalvarado4657

4 жыл бұрын

I bet you wouldn't have said that if he was black

this guy has literally 1 HP

@poastoast

4 жыл бұрын

why did I misread this as “this guy has literally [1 horsepower]...

@poastoast

4 жыл бұрын

bigthickjuicyrat69 69 you right

@samir1843

4 жыл бұрын

I swear he's one shot

@stephen3160

4 жыл бұрын

i’m dead💀💀

@chilipepper2855

4 жыл бұрын

@@unklai6709 who cares

It wasn't like he was shooting people or pushing them in a gas chamber. He was an accountant. He also spoke out against Holocaust Denial.

@Master_Of_The_Universe

2 жыл бұрын

@@zlrs0113 Well you see, he's still a Nazi.

@Master_Of_The_Universe

2 жыл бұрын

@Salt Evidently it's not, look at some of the other comments

@Master_Of_The_Universe

2 жыл бұрын

@Salt You see good sir I'm also very sarcastic, but I'm also very sleep deprived. Forgive my temporary stupidity. Edit: Forgot to mention that some people are so dumb I can't tell if they're joking

@Master_Of_The_Universe

2 жыл бұрын

@Salt Well, I wish you a good week!

@cult_of_tyr

2 жыл бұрын

@@zlrs0113 he never gassed anybody. He and his family wouldn't have been tortured, even if he wouldn't go along with the extermination of jews, he would've been sent to a detention camp for that. The reason why nazis tortured their own people at times is because they suspected they had information regarding state security.

“sentenced to life” dude legitimately looks older than death

@vivekt.2038

Жыл бұрын

😂

@geniuspakistani

11 ай бұрын

Best comment

@DC-zi6se

Ай бұрын

It's purely for the humiliation and part of the whole "German Guilt" phenomenon

@Chocoboloft

Ай бұрын

He ahould be free and be a living testamwnt of this history so this would bot be repeated

I mean, he was a soldier, a guard, whatever, but if he refused to do what was told, he would be executed for treason.

@thegodhoward8037

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr even lots of the higher ups where set free because they where only following orders

@JackiTheOne

3 жыл бұрын

These trials are incredibly in-depth. They'll check whether you only did what you were told, or if you did more than that. Also, they'll check exaclty how you ended up in that position. Most of the guilty ones volunteered. If you were forced, there's a good chance you won't be punished.

@thegodhoward8037

3 жыл бұрын

@@JackiTheOne unless you have a hate mob filled public

@alexejfedorov427

3 жыл бұрын

He wasn't refused to going to the SS, nobody was. But to be honest lot of them did that so they don't have go to war. It was still his choice though.

@johnnyfedpost1776

3 жыл бұрын

He was only a book keeper 😞

His cellmates are gonna have a hard time figuring out what he's in for

@zainjaved18

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@rainerwahnsinn8411

3 жыл бұрын

He died in 2018 before he could even enter prison.

@SomeGuy-fl1gz

3 жыл бұрын

@@rainerwahnsinn8411 bruh

@ciprilyngotravel7612

3 жыл бұрын

He’s dead

@SomeGuy-fl1gz

3 жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure this guy was camping in dday

This guy can get sentenced but Prince Andrew can just ask mummy to buy his way out of prison.

@arandomguy46

3 ай бұрын

different jurisdictions

Germany 1944: Guard the baggage! Germany 2016: How dare you guard the baggage!

He’s 94. His body is already acting as a prison.

@andreeric175

4 жыл бұрын

Milo The Russian Blue smartest comment in the comment section actually

@milotherussianblue3691

4 жыл бұрын

Valerie Konstantos shooting him may be a better fate than what he has to deal with now.

@trini_aviation9543

4 жыл бұрын

Valerie Konstantos well as he’s 94 now he must have been in his 20’s when he served the Reich which means a) he thought differently b) he was probably mandatorily conscripted c) he was following orders I don’t condone the nazis actions in anyway, I’m just saying. The man is old and has remorse and regret for what he did

@NUTella_enjoyer

4 жыл бұрын

@@jolenaagapisou3803 .....

@jolenaagapisou3803

4 жыл бұрын

Trini_Aviation - your reasons for excusing him are invalid, plus how do you know he’s regretting his past??

"You're sentenced to life." "Sure I can wait 5 minutes."

@justacommentercommenting

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@NeonAspect

3 жыл бұрын

He died at the age of 96 in 2018

@toddsmith1969

3 жыл бұрын

@@NeonAspect good

@anthrax2844

3 жыл бұрын

@@toddsmith1969 😳

@toddsmith1969

3 жыл бұрын

@@anthrax2844 can I help you?

I have the feeling they literally just organized this as a publicity stunt, this man was practically forced to do these things, and every person in his position would’ve done this.

@ThumbSipper

2 жыл бұрын

The people this dude led to the gas chambers where forced to do that, this old fart was a paid employee and an accessory to one of the worse war crimes in modern history. And you are defending him.

This guy was a low level desk jockey and they pinned this on hm like he came up with the idea of death camps.

Inmate: “Whatcha in for?” 94 year old man: “I helped kill 300,000 people” Inmate: *nervous sweating*

@7AM.Adrian

3 жыл бұрын

He died before his prison sentence so nobody would ever experience the fear that they would’ve got if he said that

@7AM.Adrian

3 жыл бұрын

I know this is a joke

@GitSumGaming

3 жыл бұрын

@@7AM.Adrian Lol, in this day and age have to address it cause people dont have enough sense to connect the dots lol.

@korisnickoime571

3 жыл бұрын

"i played undertale genocide run in real life"

@DAGIEBOB

3 жыл бұрын

During his phone call: Guys please, I think I'm in the same cell as a super villain

“Sentenced to life in federal prison.” “Few weeks doesn’t seem that bad!”

@ImSKRIPZ

3 жыл бұрын

A few day sentence doesn’t seem so bad

@shashwatgandhi7653

3 жыл бұрын

The comment above u says he actually died before the sentence could even begin

@ImSKRIPZ

3 жыл бұрын

He read the court papers

@tatih8267

3 жыл бұрын

There's good food in the feds too

@mistersirguyteriyaki

3 жыл бұрын

I mean he got four years. If he didn't die before doing the time, he probably died or will die serving the time.

You know whats hillarious, that people in here are saying ''He shouldnt be following orders'' are the same people that say Russian soldiers have a choice not to fight in Ukraine,

@ttryn_

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, all they can do is follow order from the higher ups or get punished. Sad truth

@holycrusader7649

2 жыл бұрын

If I were in Thier shoes I would have become a Nazi myself I mean if I didn't I would prob be killed or imprisoned

@konyvnyelv.

2 ай бұрын

Every German alive today would be a na zi if he was born at that time

@jimbendtsen8841

Ай бұрын

You know what's hilarious, that the same people in here saying "He shouldn't follow orders" are the same people who said "Follow orders. Get vaxxed, or get fired", "Follow orders: Get vaxxed or go to a camp".

Bro dont even know he’s being arrested 😂😂 “Oh my these ppl love me so much, they’re giving me a home !”

@ronnie_5150

3 ай бұрын

Not much difference from where he going to being in a long term care facility.

@cheyennenicole2114

2 ай бұрын

😂

He looks like he's literally been resurrected for his trial

@LUFCLiving

3 жыл бұрын

If you think he looks bad look at prince philip

@poopy3772

3 жыл бұрын

@@LUFCLiving he looks moldy 😟

@Bravo-Tango

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair he looks good for his age

@alexwaring7006

3 жыл бұрын

@@poopy3772 DUHHH that's how old people look rarely

@realswcreeper

3 жыл бұрын

Prince Philip died today

105 year old me going to jail in 2107 for not wearing a mask in 2020.

@quartermaster2809

3 жыл бұрын

That's deep

@RobertELee-fj8xq

3 жыл бұрын

deep

@wastebucket7559

3 жыл бұрын

deep

@pinkedtv5610

3 жыл бұрын

Some crimes don’t have a statute of limitations

@LuisZap16

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine comparing wearing a mask to literal genocide on humans simply because of their religion

To all of you there in the comments saying "this is just an elderly man, he was just a teeny-tiny little cog in a giant death machine, he was just the luggage man, he did nothing wrong, I didn't know carrying luggage is a crime": He was a Swastica-wearing actual Nazi. For that, all the punishment in the world does not fit the crime the murderous state that he chose to serve (he didn't leave Germany for one) has committed. The pain he deserves is 21 million-fold, shared with all those who got away with it and never were punished in the least (the vast majority of them), but unfortunately he can only die once. May ELOHIM have mercy on his soul and may he have repented for the atrocious murderous rampage and slaughter his state committed. And may you all feel ashamed of your own destitute sense of morality.

@123Juniiorr

Жыл бұрын

the problem is that he was found guilty of participating in the genocide as an accountant, which is a bit ridiculous, not to mention the irony that he was only charged because he drew attention to himself by going up against holocaust deniers and giving his testimony about nazi cruelty

Bro was on half a heart 💀

imagine the government arresting you for something they ordered you to do

@ANONYMOUS-it1ku

3 жыл бұрын

This government is different and the government in that era was different

@Jo95go

3 жыл бұрын

imagine comparing the former german government with the one today

@theperson6179

3 жыл бұрын

Being in the SS was voluntary. Stop being an anti semite. Imagine if your grandfather was murdered and they found the murderer 70 years later. Would you just say "ah just let him go". Idiot.

@mouricecheeks5215

3 жыл бұрын

@@theperson6179 By February 1942, Waffen-SS recruitment in south-east Europe turned into compulsory conscription for all German minorities of military age. From 1942 onwards, further units of non-Germanic recruits were formed. Yes i do believe that people need to face the consequences of their actions, but this guy either did his job or watch is family be killed along with the other people in the camps. Tragic for both sides im afraid.

@aaryankumar7341

3 жыл бұрын

@@theperson6179 they didn’t say he murdered anyone he was just an accountant.

Cell mate: so what you in for? 300,000 accounts of accessory to murder Cell mate: (👁👄👁)

@gjte2947

3 жыл бұрын

Those emojis ruined it.. dislike

@gc8909

3 жыл бұрын

GJTE Feel good about yourself?

@backyardtkd

3 жыл бұрын

GJTE tf

@boulevard14

3 жыл бұрын

Tbh those emojis are such an overused meme. They kill it.

@gjte2947

3 жыл бұрын

G C nah

This is not justified but rather disgusting, He was young and a soldier. If he said no they would have shot him, he had no choice

@Dafty2k

2 жыл бұрын

LOL no

@thegamesbrotherssvk5135

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dafty2k lol yes

He's 94 what is he gonna do 💀

@Fat12219

4 ай бұрын

How he sleep all these years 😢

Crazy how Germany convicted him for things Germany made him do

@kayvan671

2 жыл бұрын

*What a stupid comment lol* There were multiple German states in the 20th Century. His crimes were commited when he lived in the third reich. Now we he lives in the BRD. Please learn some history before you post bs like this.

@sevendaysaweek2622

2 жыл бұрын

* Germany under a dictatorship

@puliso1749

2 жыл бұрын

@@kayvan671 carrying luggage is a crime?

@kayvan671

2 жыл бұрын

@@puliso1749 Well no. He was part of this death machine but he really had no choice. Otherwise he would have been send to war.

@langkarenga3233

2 жыл бұрын

@ Puli So The real sinister thing about his job was that he consciously knew that none of those people were getting any of their belongings back, they however didn’t know. They stripped themselves down and got their heads shaven and went into a room under the guise of a shower and that was it. Gold fillings were ripped out of people’s mouths, assets were stolen, and he was responsible for documenting it all. After the war he got no punishment or repercussions for his crimes and in a documentary referred to his time in auschwitz as if it was a summer camp. He got to eat good and drink stolen alcohol until he and his guard friends puked, had sex with female guards like Irma Grese. To the guards it was a holiday where they could live like kings and steal peoples stuff while also watching said people be burned in ovens.

Guy is half dead he probably doesn’t even remember

@N75911_

3 жыл бұрын

@Amuro Ray Careful, that saying goes much, much further than you think....

@alexs06347

3 жыл бұрын

@Amuro Ray Ah yes throw a 94 year old in jail for following orders given to him by a dictatorship.

@alexs06347

3 жыл бұрын

@Amuro Ray Based

@apehub2022

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexs06347 nah you just don't understand

@teddyhendraz

3 жыл бұрын

Only 90's kids remember

The government forced him to serve risking his life, forced him to do the war crimes or they would have send it to the Eastern front and 80 years later trial him for the thing he had no option to say no.

@m.r4841

Жыл бұрын

That couldn't be further away from the truth

Hes a scapegoat coz they couldn't find anyone still alive who actually did the killing.....what next..."German who made coffee in the cafeteria of the factory that made the bolts that fixed the wheels to the train used to transport prisoners found guilty of accessory to murder ??"

@nikaluss5946

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my god YES!!!!! Thank you.

@barp94

4 жыл бұрын

Preach

@user-do5zk6jh1k

4 жыл бұрын

Thomas was just following orders

@sannidhyabalkote9536

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-do5zk6jh1k I see what you did there

@lastwolflord

4 жыл бұрын

Probably go after Germans born in the Reich next. Baby was near German flag. Clearly he/she killed thousands.

He’s 94 years old he’s already lived his life. Prison isn’t a punishment anymore he doesn’t have much life left

@asalamander7182

3 жыл бұрын

I am a salamander.

@hashamreyaz4948

3 жыл бұрын

@@asalamander7182 Unless he did something to you specifically, the apology isn't yours to accept either. So please don't start the group identity victimisation. In any case, the point is ' the person is no threat, so why throw him in a cell ' Think of it it terms of humanity, something that the Nazi lacked

@samglover4923

3 жыл бұрын

@@asalamander7182 this isn’t an apology, it’s throwing an old man in jail, and no one asked for you to tell us who can talk about what.

@alvarnunez3215

3 жыл бұрын

Then you shouldn't be opposed to just lynching him, which would have been a better punishment

@shivenjoshi2451

3 жыл бұрын

Alvar Nuñez Bro you have to remember, he’s 94. He was most likely forced to be in the Nazi military because he would have died anyways, and even if he genuinely supported Hitlers cause, is there any reason at all to put him in jail

Fortunately for this man, he passed away before his sentence started. He died peacefully in the hospital with family by his side.

@jennh2096

Жыл бұрын

Too bad his victims didn't get that sort of a peaceful death

@brandonanderson9475

Жыл бұрын

​@@jennh2096 mans carried water.

@510midget8

Жыл бұрын

@@jennh2096 I dont think the bags he carried died.

@railfanninginohiowithjessi9844

Жыл бұрын

@@jennh2096 remember this was during war world 2 and it took all these years to convict this guy of war crimes

@NotTyfighter

11 ай бұрын

@@jennh2096 dont blame the drone

I actually feel bad for this man I don’t know too much but a lot of people were forced into doing things there’s a chance he never wanted to do any of it

@nj821

Жыл бұрын

Another liberal nut case like you, why don't you marry a Nazi and say what's wrong

@yunglorn

Жыл бұрын

I don't feel bad at all for murderers

@jennh2096

Жыл бұрын

My problem with that is that's what they all say. They all deny accountability. Even the ones tried in the immediate aftermath of the war. But none of them stepped up to do anything about it, then or after the fact

@Ahgajsja

Жыл бұрын

Are you serious? They killed millions of innocent people. There's no excuse for such a crime, and "force" is such a lame excuse!! They brutally killed people with no remorse, be it 1 or 1 million. Taking a life on purpose is such a disgusting thing to do.

@fizzyy7216

Жыл бұрын

@@Ahgajsja He didnt kill anyone though, he lived for 70 years after the war ended as a free man and spoke on how tragic holocaust was when people were denying it

A man that age has no desire to do much of anything. He's lived his whole life. Prison will not affect him much.

@Whatorwellsaid21

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not about him as much as it is about giving the victims and their families justice and setting a precedent in history that these things don’t go unpunished.

@alejandra.1946

3 жыл бұрын

alright then it won’t be a problem if he is in prison then, correct?

@paradoz8375

3 жыл бұрын

@@alejandra.1946 that's not the problem here. The problem is wasting time and money.

@ChipsChallenge95

3 жыл бұрын

German prison is like a retirement home anyway

@poptarts123

3 жыл бұрын

@@Whatorwellsaid21 how is this justice though? Him being in prison doesn't change much, he died like 2 years ago anyways

He was young and he wanted to serve his country doing desk-work for the army. After the war, when he found out about Holocaust denial, he spoke about against it and told the public about his experiences. If he hadn’t put himself on the line to make sure people knew what had actually happened, no one would even know he was involved and he’d be fine. It’s easy for us to judge the mistakes of his youth decades later, but what should count is that he spent the latter years of his life speaking out against what happened so people couldn’t deny it. He died a few years after this video, in 2018, before his sentence could begin. To imprison him at 96 years old would be not so much a punishment for what he did in his youth, but a punishment for his having the courage to talk about it when he was older. This was not justice.

@asoulscondition7466

3 жыл бұрын

absolutely, you get it. people loose sight what justice is. I thought about wanting to join a role in some sort of justice related feild for awhile, but honestly I don't know if people in the field know what justice is, and for that reason, what happens in the justice realm sometimes feels so wrong to me that I don't know if I could be a part of it.

@kseniyabor5791

3 жыл бұрын

One always pays for his sins. No matter what.

@philipp7036

3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever read the messages? He wasn’t an officer or supervisor, he was just a guard.

@candlelighter1588

3 жыл бұрын

@@kseniyabor5791 no that’s not how the law works, nor how the world works, that is idealism, you can’t fairly say that as a rule because there are far too many exceptions

@tperrineis

3 жыл бұрын

He was a duxkimg guard at aushwit

This is nuts!

Ah yes thank u authorities, we really are now safe and don’t feel threat after that 80 yr old is in jail

Judge: "You have been sentenced!" German Guard: "k" *Dies in court* Judge: ". . ." Jury: ". . ." Court: ". . ."

@m3m3lord61

3 жыл бұрын

Made me laugh out loud

@upsidedownChad

3 жыл бұрын

Rip

@stekingtv

3 жыл бұрын

Rage quit

@Paul-hq7gf

3 жыл бұрын

There's no jury in Germany fyi

@haykalzahran3506

3 жыл бұрын

It would be the most saddest 'k' ever

He's lowkey gonna have a nicer time in prison than in a nursing home.

@akihui3846

3 жыл бұрын

Well he died before he got to go to that prison

@justsomerand0

3 жыл бұрын

@@akihui3846source?!?!?

@akihui3846

3 жыл бұрын

@@justsomerand0 google?

@stillsills

3 жыл бұрын

That’s just in new york

@akihui3846

3 жыл бұрын

@@justsomerand0 he died 4 years ago

Criminal justice system is not only to punish but to rehabilitate, This is simply for show

No justification can excuse this man's wickedness

“Oh boy, I sure do love having my job checking luggage for the government in Germany 1942. I sure hope this career choice doesn’t have any consequences in 73 years”

@Just-the-Gameplay

3 жыл бұрын

Ehh he worked at Auschwitz.. he knew what was going on.

@psoodoe9897

3 жыл бұрын

@@Just-the-Gameplay I don’t mean to sound rude but how does him knowing about the camps affect his job which is similar to airport security?

@trutle88

3 жыл бұрын

@@psoodoe9897 I believe he wrote an excerpt about it later in life, and discussed the a particular indigent where an SS officer crushed a child’s head. I could be mistaking him for a different person, who I believe is an author but idk

@psoodoe9897

3 жыл бұрын

@@trutle88 Yikes, that’s brutal...

@localextremist2839

3 жыл бұрын

@@psoodoe9897 Wait until you hear about the imperial Japanese

Probably gave him ptsd just thinking about this. Probably hated himself his entire life.

@mikeh4818

3 жыл бұрын

+1. People dont seem to understand how easy it is to brainwash human beings into doing horrible things. This happened to an entire generation of Germans. I'm all for publicly scrutinizing this man, but jailing him seems excessive

@YH4867

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeh4818 For being complicit in crimes against humanity?

@PhucDat37

3 жыл бұрын

@@YH4867 did any of the allied soldiers in Iraq, Vietnam or wherever else were punished for their crimes against humanity including rapes, murders etc.?

@YH4867

3 жыл бұрын

@@PhucDat37 Often not. Do you think they should have been? I’m anticipating you’ll say yes, making the argument that the victors write history. You’d be right, but when possible, do we not have a moral responsibility to punish those complicit crimes against humanity, like genocide?

@PhucDat37

3 жыл бұрын

@@YH4867 you predicted me well :) of course we should punish those involved, i'm not defending this old german, especially since I'm from Poland so i got no love at all for wartime germans, i'm just pointing out that the american or british "heroes" are not so saint how the propaganda likes to paint them.

This was so morally wrong. I understand justice needs to happen but couldnt u have just gave him house arrest or moved him to a home? Bros literally on his way out.

@Riffman08-dz6pv

Ай бұрын

Fk that.. We should be praising the justice system for jailing this man

Wanna know the difference between a cow and the holocaust? A cow can only be milked for five years the holocaust is being milked after 80

@BasementEngineer

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Thank you.

Wow thanks guys. I feel just more safe in streets. Forget about all the crack heads on the streets Who carries a knife. they can wait. This 94 years old man was scaring me so much.

@FA-dv5he

3 жыл бұрын

I was scared he was going to take my luggage.

@jennyballao9288

3 жыл бұрын

It’s also about getting justice for the 300k he was responsible for. Im sure those 300k would have wanted justice for have dying just because of ethnicity.

@RobloxGamer-ml2hs

3 жыл бұрын

@@jennyballao9288 yeah but at this point it's not even justice since the guy is so old already Edit: actually apparently he just passed away

@nerium9762

3 жыл бұрын

Why is he scaring you? This poor man didn't usually take out 300,000 lost souls. He was forced by the German Government and if didn't accept their orders, he would've been executed. Apparently, there is no such thing as 'justice' nowadays. So sad.

@AccountHolder007

3 жыл бұрын

The person has perhaps spent a long, long, long, time thinking about his past actions. At this old age, not being a significant threat to the society he's in, with only god as a righteous judge, it's perhaps best to let him live his remaining years.

Meanwhile Japanese and soviet camp guards roam free. What a joke

@jesseherring4745

3 жыл бұрын

Also the americans had concentration camps with japanese germans and itialians of which millions of germans young and old were starved todeath yet barely anyone knows about the rein meadow death camps

@smuller1090

3 жыл бұрын

Jesse Herring I knew about the Japanese camps but unfortunately history is written by the victors

@ocbee6175

3 жыл бұрын

Jesse Herring millions were starved? There were about 4500 total deaths at 19 camps.

@darukan

3 жыл бұрын

@@jesseherring4745 show me those statistics jimbo

@viefcheesecake

3 жыл бұрын

@@jesseherring4745 POWs who fell under US hands were treated fairly. What was wrong was rounding up every japanese person in the US and sending them to a camp for the rest of the war in fear. However the treatment was decent. NOTHING like the soviet and axis POW camps.

Bro got a 300k K/D ratio.

TLDR Sentenced to life in prison for being a baggage handler at a concentration camp.

Based on the math, he would’ve been around 18 at the time, meaning they’re putting a man in jail for a “crime” he committed when he was still very young, and all he did was carry luggage.

@thomas9919

3 жыл бұрын

It's the Mossad equivalent of the UK police sweeps that recover bike wheels and butter knives off the streets.

@TallCanDan02

3 жыл бұрын

Tfw the government brainwashed you all your life, then conscripts you to sort luggage as a teenager, then puts you in jail for the rest of your life 80 years later.

@newspaperbin6763

3 жыл бұрын

@@TallCanDan02 fr

@warthundercanblunder850

3 жыл бұрын

@@TallCanDan02 well the youth was brainwashed so u do have to feel bad

@bysncw

3 жыл бұрын

You don't know when this video was recorded. It was uploaded 5 years ago and before that the video still needed to be edited and they needed to gather people too. So that would at least be at the age of 18

He's 94... Does it even matter at that point?

@xofcipher5279

4 жыл бұрын

what's the point of Prosecuting people that don't have much time left

@xLiLtEmPeR

4 жыл бұрын

@@xofcipher5279 he might live another 20 yrs

@LuxuryIncorp

4 жыл бұрын

XOF cipher so the survivors feel a bit of relief and don’t protest the government for letting them off the hook

@Bevsworld04

4 жыл бұрын

@@xLiLtEmPeR he died in 2018

@Bevsworld04

4 жыл бұрын

@@LuxuryIncorp he was ordered to, he didn't have a choice.

Gee, thanks prosecutors. Now I can leave the house because a 94 year old is off the streets.

bro is literally alive at 1hp

Give the man house arrest....he is 94 I understand what he did was way wrong.....but he's 94....

@ItsBlurrs

4 жыл бұрын

he shouldntve even been given any sentence. germany forced him to go and collect money from people when they arrived

@danielbarratt3437

4 жыл бұрын

@Gxxbee He didn't tho?

@davidjohnson8655

4 жыл бұрын

@Gxxbee I wont feel pity when you end up in jail in 60 years simply for partaking in society. Its pathetic how few people know about history. He was part of Hitler's youth. You went to school to learn about social studies and history, he went to learn about the evils of zionism and Aryan superiority. Buy yeah, its fine to throw him in jail at 94 for being brainwashed when he was 8. This is social justice at its most pathetic.

@SpenserRoger

4 жыл бұрын

He likely got a suspended sentence or a conditional sentence order or something to that effect meaning he spends his time at home. This trial is to remind us that committing or being an accessory to mass murder even if you're just following orders: will not be tolerated, and is not an excuse. We will come for you until the end of your life.

@Buccaneer-Bianco

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpenserRoger well guess what? Its not his fault at all. He was forced to do it.

Next one could be: Statue of genghis khan sentenced to death for leading the slaughter of millions in eastern europe, and asia.

@jakubpuchalski2583

3 жыл бұрын

Hes literally a nazi

@pottedcactus8924

3 жыл бұрын

@@jakubpuchalski2583 he's literally not

@jakubpuchalski2583

3 жыл бұрын

@@pottedcactus8924 he was a guard at a concetration camp....

@pottedcactus8924

3 жыл бұрын

@@jakubpuchalski2583 so was every single german soldier and citizen in the 30s and 40s a nazi? The answer is no. He was just a guard.

@jakubpuchalski2583

3 жыл бұрын

@@pottedcactus8924 tou clrealy dont know walhat guards did

Personally I don't know how I feel about convicting random soldiers that were drafted and brainwashed from a young age. If anything they're victims in their own right.

@WetterZuLaub

Жыл бұрын

You have lived for decades. You had time to think. If you still don‘t know, you don‘t tell us anything about this case. You tell us something about yourself. We, we do know. And don’t even think about saying: „In his situation you too would…“ No, we would not. There’s just a difference between your kind and ours and you just told us of which kind you are.

@zamonium24

Жыл бұрын

He wasn't drafted into the army - he chose to join the SS

Is anyone out there actually think this s*** is right

Bro was ordered by the government to do it. Then is condemned by the government for doing it.

@mpg272727

Жыл бұрын

Not quite given that rather obviously the curent moderrn Germany goverment is a compellty different goverment to the ww2 govermant

@WetterZuLaub

Жыл бұрын

You‘re wrong. Bro uses ‚government made me‘ as justification. But if government was a justification, then this conviction by the government would be - per definition - just.

@isjosh8524

Жыл бұрын

@@WetterZuLaub cry me a river

@WetterZuLaub

Жыл бұрын

@@isjosh8524 ohnono, you misunderstood again. My points were: 1) you are so small brained, you can‘t even write 2 sentences without contradiction. 2) We don‘t cry, we hunt you down.

He is 94 years old for christ sakes and the german government which doesn’t even exist anymore made him do mandatory conscription.

@breakfaust

3 жыл бұрын

Not quite right - Camp guards were volunteers for the job, conscripts were sent to the front.

@hfjiswnation4338

3 жыл бұрын

Harvey I’d rather work in a camp than get killed or thrown into a camp by the soviets

@breakfaust

3 жыл бұрын

trial was a waste, for sure, but he definitely was aware of what he was signing up for when he was briefed.

@allaansnackbar4269

3 жыл бұрын

Oskar Gröning Born: June 10, 1921, Nienburg, Germany Died: March 9, 2018 Years of service: 1944-45

@goliath5720

3 жыл бұрын

Oh... No yesterday in a dream i was driving the train who brought the prisoners 😵😵😵 How cruel I am......... 12 year old cruel person........

“Okay, sooo instead of focusing on the modern day crimes, you know everyone is shooting one another. We’re instead going to focus on a 94 year old man for what he did over 70 YEARS ago."

@cassiazaharia4776

3 жыл бұрын

What he did unwillingly*

@Nico-gw6zi

3 жыл бұрын

its not that easy, prison guards where not people who where just given there position. Also people like him shouldnt just have been given a pass, its important to find these people and prosecute them.

@milomaloney9749

3 жыл бұрын

Nicotin__ I think he already died tho since this was 5 years ago

@LoGStein

3 жыл бұрын

@@cassiazaharia4776 He did not do it unwillingly. It is an undisputed fact that these people did this kind of work voluntarily. Had he refused, he would have lost any chance of a succesful career in the SS. But that is it. He would have been reassigned and that would have been it. This is why education is so extremely vital when it comes to these issues. People like you either don't know better or want to believe something else. He was not in any way forced to do what he has done.

@LoGStein

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone is shooting one another? In Germany? That's new.

Imagine a Isreali soldier getting convicted for war crime in Palestine.

With a man as old as he is, a “justice” system doesn’t need to step in. God will decide his soul’s fate soon enough.

@datboy038

2 жыл бұрын

I was gonna say his health but sure god works too

@ameenzubair219

2 жыл бұрын

He died in 2018, before his sentence could even begin so i guess you're right.

He’s so old there’s literally no point. Just let him go

@christophersoper

4 жыл бұрын

You should read what 1:29 says

@porschematt991

4 жыл бұрын

@@christophersoper Yeah but it is not directly the man's fault. One could not exactly advocate for themself in strict nasty Nazi Germany, especially if you are under work by the government. The government at the time told you what to do and if you didn't do it, you would get severe consequences. A lot of guards did turn to suicide, however some thought they would be able to escape and be free, so they went through the motions of being told what to do. I'm not saying he is innocent. But if a certain amount of time has passed, 70 years, and he has been in good nature and the evil past has been put behind him, then I don't understand what the purpose of jail would serve. Justice? Ok..but what is the point of serving justice to a very old harmless man who has not done any harm in 70 years due to not being controlled by the Nazi government anymore. Forgive and leave it to the hands of God to make the proper judgement on the fate of the man in the afterlife.

@virginbaron1443

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah one of dudes in the first couple of comment responses was talking about how he had a choice, the government forced u into the military as a kid/ young adult, he had no choice. I completely agree with u Le Matt, but what pisses me off. Not be racist here, I fell like the Japanese should have been slid off so easily. I had to grandpas who fault on that side of the war and were slaughtered in camps and those people had no punishment whatsoever

@virginbaron1443

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry for a lot of misspelled words

@levanceland

4 жыл бұрын

They couldn't let him go, or he would have collected money again. The horror.

Your title is missleading, he was the accountant not really a guard.

@robinhood6293

5 жыл бұрын

Which is irrelevant since he joined the SS and therefore become a criminal, not all SS had the "privilege" to actual kill , some have to do the dirty work at the desk

@JK-gh9ej

5 жыл бұрын

It's totally irrelevant if he is now a criminal for joining the SS 70+ years ago. Back then it was a police organisation, a legal part of the goverment with high social ranking. Not everything what the SS did was publicly said, like the holocaust. He probably joined for the repultation and the money. Imagine you would join the Bundeswehr and after a years you get the order to kill hundrets of civilians, you could either do it or get executed. Question, did you know from the beginning that you would be forced to kill the civilians? No you wouldn't but now you're in this missery, after the third world war you would be sent to prison for doing these things, how would you feel about it eventho you hadn't a choice? He was the accountant, he never killed someone, he did the money stuff, is this in anyway comparable to the person pulling the trigger? No it isn't, the one murdered the other counted the money. He was even charged for carrying a weapon back then, for "creating a place of fear", what should he have done? Throw the weapon away? It was part of his uniform, the police wouldn't throw their weapon away either. He didn't wanted the job after he noticed the things happening there, he wanted to fight at the front rather than doing the accountan stuff, he wasn't allowed to do so. Even the holocaust survivors forgive him, why not the goverment?

@robinhood6293

5 жыл бұрын

The Nazi ideology is racists and he was a Nazi and he joined the SS. The age is not a justification, I'm afraid. Obviously Oskar Groening wasn't a German patriot , he was a Nazi so he joined the SS instead of the regular military/police force. I'm sure every German saw people arrested, deported, fired from jobs, expelled from school, expelled from Germany or forced to emigrate. Ignorance is never a good justification, he wasn't a 6 year old child.

@billypoppins9138

5 жыл бұрын

@@JK-gh9ej always... We always have a choice and unless you are faced with a similar reality then you can't really say, yay or nay?

@joshuahoward6845

5 жыл бұрын

He guarded baggage. He helped in the process

Germany convicts man of partaking in the murder of 300'000 people after forcing him to do so. Germany is truly baffling.

Hardest thing is not to live war, but to live after it.

if youre going to punish the guy then punish him at the time when the war ended NOT like 75+ years later

@thefantom5171

2 жыл бұрын

Better late than never.

@R4inM4ker

2 жыл бұрын

@@thefantom5171 my guy didn't even make it to the jail cell lol

@NoNo_IStay

2 жыл бұрын

@@R4inM4ker poor usage of the degenerate phrase of "my guy" Are all nazis ya boiis? SS guards ya Big Dawgs? Adolf himself must be Big G Homie Read a book.

@R4inM4ker

2 жыл бұрын

@@NoNo_IStay Also it's"ya bois" not "ya boiis" And you told me to read a book.

@R4inM4ker

2 жыл бұрын

@Plasmius Primo I would respond to this but I don't speak the language you are saying to me. Sorry

Germany: DO THAT NOW! Germany 75 years later: WHY DID YOU DO THAT YOU KILLER?

@IsaacWolfOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

It was Nazi Germany then.

@alancosta4760

3 жыл бұрын

It was another conjuncture, this German isn't that German

@gmbhalex8069

3 жыл бұрын

@@IsaacWolfOfficial i know, it is a joke 😂😂

@gmbhalex8069

3 жыл бұрын

@@alancosta4760 its a joke😂😂

@deadsilent3029

3 жыл бұрын

@@gmbhalex8069 A joke is suppose to be funny

We get punished for parking fines, he gets away with war crimes!

this is the most petty, disgusting thing i’ve ever seen. how awful.

Guy in his head is like “all I did was bring that officer a coffee!”

@Lala1028W

3 жыл бұрын

A comment with a thousand likes with one comment

@TheMrShortGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Not anymore

@exotiq5367

3 жыл бұрын

@@olivernorth7418 it was a joke

@olivernorth7418

3 жыл бұрын

​@@exotiq5367 The original commenter is clearly trying to rehabilitate the guard's image.

@tomcruze8153

3 жыл бұрын

@@olivernorth7418 No he wasnt

104 year old me realizing I'm going to jail because I got within 40 ft. Of a concentration camp back in 1943.

@yamato3870

4 жыл бұрын

Noah Shackelford lol

@Lushyyyyx

4 жыл бұрын

Not funny

@yamato3870

4 жыл бұрын

callumdd0123 well, it’s true he never even got within 40 ft of a single concentration camp.

@ChaseRiver2

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lushyyyyx yes it is lol

@T_Grimes

4 жыл бұрын

😭😭😭

he is at 1 HP literally

Imagine getting confiscated for working for your own country

Next up: Alexander the Great raised from dead to be trialed for burning down Persepolis.

@sameerv3085

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@jasonchiu272

3 жыл бұрын

@WILEY CRONZ Technically all presidents have caused murder because they run the entire country.

@knownanonymous1691

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@ts0088

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@hiesman6

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

Meanwhile the red army guards in Gulag are not punished

@juanp2936

4 жыл бұрын

Wait what did they did?

@Juan-ng7rs

4 жыл бұрын

@@juanp2936 search gulag in google

@robertisham5279

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah my thoughts exactly

@JC-mb3cq

4 жыл бұрын

Because they didn't oppose the jews

@yamato3870

4 жыл бұрын

n word It’s basically a Soviet Concentration camp, but 3-4 times as many people died.

Imagine being punished by the state for doing what they ordered you to do over 75 years ago.

The man was ninety four years old. This type of justice is sick. His real justice will be when he stands before God.

Germany: Work for us or get killed. Also Germany: Life in prison.

@thestonecollector.3416

3 жыл бұрын

The germans didnt murder germans that didnt want to fight the war, they went to the camps to. Most of the deaths in the camps were due to typhoid from the head lice and from the allies bombing in coming roads and rail lines coming to the camps, so the people in the camps couldnt receive medicines and medical aid or food produce. So they either died from disease or starvation.

@anything8953

3 жыл бұрын

@@thestonecollector.3416 so death?

@betrayal6231

3 жыл бұрын

@@thestonecollector.3416 I would choose gas chamber over starvation or death by head lice or typhoid

@betrayal6231

3 жыл бұрын

@@thestonecollector.3416 bottom of the line it was unacceptable

@j.s.6080

3 жыл бұрын

It was not like that. Regular Wehrmacht soldiers were not employed at the CCs. They did not even see the Camps. The ones who ran the camps were the evil ones and chose this position by themselves

They really didnt need to do this to a low ranking guard....

@pottedcactus8924

3 жыл бұрын

Some snowflake was probably offended that something happened 75 years ago and wanted to feel all righteous and "deliver justice" so they found some old German guy and were like "yes you are to blame for the government of your country's choices". This is honestly just virtue signaling.

@Bronzeagebussy

3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t they get a janitor a bit back?

@chozer1

3 жыл бұрын

international rules state that any order that goes above the law of country or violates humans rights should not be followed and soldiers will be held responseble for such actions. that's why the high ups that was sentenced also when claiming " i was just following orders" it was rejected under international law

@krostan6570

3 жыл бұрын

Political theatre

@MK-rw1on

3 жыл бұрын

@@krostan6570 political theatre? my mum was one of the people who payed money to see the guy being prosecuted. he deserves justice.

How many elderly were immediately, pushed around, hit, & then gassed upon arrival off the horrendously disgusting trains????? Every single 1 who watched, stood by, "did their job"& helped r guilty...

@Streloski

Жыл бұрын

Easy for you to say in the comfort of your home

Its like arresting workers at a tobacco factory

Next video: ghost of Mongolian soldier was sentenced to life in prison after giving water to one of their comrade

@ocho989

3 жыл бұрын

Don't try to deny this old man crimes

@sailorquestion3229

3 жыл бұрын

@@ocho989 Tell me, would you prefer having to kill strangers, or have your family and yourself killed? And this situation doesn't even apply to him because he never took direct action to kill people.

@westside4372

3 жыл бұрын

@@ocho989 omw to get arrested in 2746 for not wearing a mask in 2020

@chozer1

3 жыл бұрын

@@sailorquestion3229 I would rather die then kill any stranger. Are you saying you would bash a small girls face in just to survive? Not sure how you could sleep I know I could not so I won’t want to go through every day regretting

@chozer1

3 жыл бұрын

@@sailorquestion3229 an auswitch doctor dident kill a single person and he lived til 2005 even when told to he refused and dident die. Rommel the highest commander refused to kill captured commanders and others. On the order of Adolf

The old man literally died before he could even enter his cell. Such a waste of tax money

@AlexanderLittle-nh9tt

3 жыл бұрын

It was a waste of money even if he did enter his cell

@DZ477

3 жыл бұрын

@Zabe Hameed and guarded luggage

@mrnewbmcmuffin251

3 жыл бұрын

@Zabe Hameed you guys are idiots.

@1125Spikeboy

3 жыл бұрын

He probably died a Nazi as well... He probably believed in the slaughter of Jews and he probably passed those dangerous ideas onto everyone around him.

@asemy1503

3 жыл бұрын

@@1125Spikeboy my man literally stood near luggage with a gun, that was his literal job

In what way is this reasonable 300,000 accounts of accessory is this a joke? Dude is dead

I just read over 20 comments and am shocked at how little has been learned about the annihilation of over 6 million Jews. How can you feel any sympathy for their murderers or accomplices?

I am certain that 99% of those who say that obeying orders is not proper defense, would also obey orders to save their own life.

@caimanaraujo479

2 жыл бұрын

Einstein didnt kill anyone, despite being german on ww2.

@tatih8267

2 жыл бұрын

@@caimanaraujo479 he was Jewish...

@davidshaver7765

2 жыл бұрын

@@caimanaraujo479 I get the point you attempted to make but you chose the wrong figure. Einstein would’ve been murdered along with the rest of the Jewish populations because he is Jewish.

@holycrusader7649

2 жыл бұрын

I know right I mean I asked my dad a question since it look like ww3 is about to start. Dad if I was forced to kill the innocent shall I do it? He paused and said yes it's not about your country or beliefs it's about surviving if you don't you will be killed , do you want to be killed?

@ashhhh_skrrr7264

2 жыл бұрын

@@holycrusader7649 I used to think like that when I was younger But depending on the scenario I am sure today I would just get killed I hate some things more than my desire to see the sun rise

Government hypocrisy at its finest.

Bro got sentenced for half a day

"YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR ACCESSORY TO MURDER!" "What? I didn't do anything!" "YOU SUPPLIED THE CRIMINALS WITH A BOTTLE OF WATER WHILE THEY WERE COMMITTING THE CRIME!" "They literally pointed a gun at me and said they'd kill me if I didn't..." "THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY, GET IN THE CAR"

@crimsonify6245

3 жыл бұрын

"but that was 71 years ago"

@DanDAlittleMan

3 жыл бұрын

Init

@DanDAlittleMan

3 жыл бұрын

@@crimsonify6245 makes it worse

@lisap.31

3 жыл бұрын

They wouldn’t have killed him though

@DanDAlittleMan

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisap.31 u sure?

At this point it's not even justice anymore, it's just revenge.

@carterd5364

2 жыл бұрын

True

@youtubeman998

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget who he was just because he looks old now.

@mathquizlet3177

2 жыл бұрын

@@youtubeman998 not who he was, but what Germany made him become as an ignorant 18 year old

@HelloSirHowCanIScamYouToday

2 жыл бұрын

@@youtubeman998 Don't forget that you're a moron who doesn't realize he was ordered by his government. Just a reminder: You're still a moron and will die as a moron. Have a nice day moron.

@PARCE93

2 жыл бұрын

@@HelloSirHowCanIScamYouToday Guess you were raised by a single mother & have the testosterone levels of a prepubescent female. Just because someone tells you to do something, doesn’t mean you have to do it, especially if it involves killing innocent people. You spineless maggot.

The hypocrisy is strong in this video. Jusges feeling high and might, thinking they're being good little boys, following the law, put a man away knowing he's not gonna make it out alive. I can tell you, saying no to your officer, would put YOU in a work camp

Crazy how the country is punishing him for something they made him do.

@cinemamovies1916

2 жыл бұрын

@Northernpride he didn’t agree it’s just that he didn’t have a choice.

@cinemamovies1916

2 жыл бұрын

@Northernpride it’s not his fault, many turn back in the face of death.

@cinemamovies1916

2 жыл бұрын

@Northernpride There's no point to continue this if you refuse to listen to me. Do not reply, and forget about it.

Tbh this was a little bit uncalled for

@user-zj3vj1ju1z

3 жыл бұрын

Nah

@caseylyons7906

3 жыл бұрын

it was a lot of uncalled for

@mikemoggerson6651

3 жыл бұрын

Well when you know who’s in charge of everything...banks, media, sports, behind the curtains in politics-it makes sense.

@sergarlantyrell7847

3 жыл бұрын

We're the good woke government now... Honest...

@svalis1068

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Stirner

He never made it to prison. He was found guilty and sentenced in 2018 but appeal after appeal after appeal kept him from beginning his time. He died in 2018 without having served a day of time.

@danieljones9436

2 жыл бұрын

If he was sentenced he'd still have been in prison during the appeals. Appeals don't keep you out of prison, they help you try to get out once you're in.

@marionchurch1644

2 жыл бұрын

@@danieljones9436 Appeals themselves do not keep you out of prison, that is correct. However, and while rare, it is not impossible to be out of prison during the appeals process.

@danieljones9436

2 жыл бұрын

@@sorryifmycommentwasmeanwro2065 I'm not reading all that, but... 1: You say he had to do as he was told under a genocidal maniac? For all we know he could have done it happily under no force, just because he says otherwise doesn't mean it's true. And..... 2: He never beat England at all, it was England & the Russians who ended the atrocities.

@danieljones9436

2 жыл бұрын

@@marionchurch1644 Don't know what country you're in? but in the modern world you can only appeal once a sentence has been imposed, therefore you have to be imprisoned 1st to be able to appeal.

@JackOfferman

2 жыл бұрын

Good. He should've never had a legal battle to begin with.

TMW when a 90+ year-old man is convicted of warcrimes but not the American officer responsible for the Laconia incident.

This is nothing but a pathetic need for revenge, this is not justice. He was not some leader or high ranking officer. Just a regular guard, doing his job.

Next: Sentencing Mehmed II to prison for ending the Byzantine Empire

@Greek-American1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes i agree. I'm Greek-American. Also rename Istanbul back to constantinople. No j/k. It's a sad, heartbreaking situation but the man is 94 years old. Putting him in jail at that age is elder abuse. Let him die in peace.

@olaff9771

3 жыл бұрын

Sentencing Attila for sacking Rome.

@holahulaaloha7340

3 жыл бұрын

@@olaff9771 sentencing Caeser to attack Gaul

@arismouzakis3952

3 жыл бұрын

Yes please

@lazmanyacanavar5888

3 жыл бұрын

@Nefomemes Yes it was called Konstantinniye. Istanbul was the name after Turkey took over.

I swear, this feels like something from the Onion

@NicoTheGreat5

3 жыл бұрын

Onions 🌰

@Itsodyk8masTheOriginal

3 жыл бұрын

Happy somone agreed with this😂

@Buildlastkbanned

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly lol

@melvinlinus

3 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I thought.

@Thegooob95

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly onion predicted modern news

Sentences for something that happened nearly 80 years ago?

the man would bite the dust just from one long step in the shower, literally any sentence would be life for him

So this man was a baggage guard, is 94 years of age, and they feel the need to sentence him at the end of his lifetime? This isn’t justice for anything. This isn’t even revenge for something he did. They’re just persecuting him for their own personal satisfaction. Trying to get revenge in the nearest possible way they can by now.

@MankiBoi234

3 жыл бұрын

Disagree. It‘s a late, yet necessary act to deal with the German past and was probably the last opportunity to set a legal example for future generations. The German legal system thereby acknowledged that when serving in a system like Auschwitz whose sole purpose is murder in any way, you bear a certain responsibility. If you think about it, 2 years isn‘t even that much, it just seems harsh because Gröning was 94. In the 50s and 60s when former Nazis continued to serve in high positions, it was impossible to get such a verdict. That is part of the reason why the trial happened so late. Doing it now at least clarifies that when you‘re in, you take a part of the responsibility for what has happened. And I say that without any hatred for Gröning as a person.

@hugomlpaixao

3 жыл бұрын

@@thefantom5171 Is it better to fight in the army? Is it better to actually kill other soldiers? Nah, I'd rather count some money

@slugger7512

3 жыл бұрын

@@MankiBoi234 former nazis didn't continue to serve because Germany wasn't allowed to form a military.

@slugger7512

3 жыл бұрын

@@thefantom5171 1. you realize Luftwaffe is apart of the Wehrmact? the luftwaffe was the nazi air force. 2. He was likely trying to stray away from being killed on the front lines.

@MankiBoi234

3 жыл бұрын

​@@slugger7512 Not necessarily in the military but in civil services - as judges, policemen, even some politicians etc. - these were not all hardcore Nazis but it simply wasn't possible to build a completely "Nazi-free" environment in the 50s and 60s because of the power they had in the 40s. Germany even briefly had a former NSDAP member as chancellor in Kurt-Georg Kiesinger later on. And with so many people with a Nazi-related past, it was difficult to deal with this past and nobody seemed willing to persecute high-ranking guards and other SS members.