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Originally Posted by boonie
I was at my teen at that time and was pretty naive on alot of things and this book in quite alot of ways opened up my view on the cold and dark reality of this world. That there really is no justice, and I am very disappointed.
What would have happened if those Nazi that are responsible for the concentration camp had knowledge of rocket science in their hands and happened to have covered their track well and blew up all the evidence like the Japanese did? will the US say "lets trade dude.". I dunno, its just so ugly and unacceptable.
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Speaking strictly about the Nuremberg trials involving Nazi Germany (
since many have and/or are still being sought or brought to trial), if you think there is or has been "no justice" against Japanese war criminals, you might find it interesting to learn that the number of Japanese imprisoned or executed for atrocities (
immediately after the war), far exceeded those from the Nuremberg trials.
I've have seen different references with slight variations in the numbers but,
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some 5,600 Japanese had been prosecuted in more than 2,200 trials.
Of these men-and a few women-more than 4,400 were convicted, and
about 1,000 were executed. Testifying to the Allies' determination to deal fairly
with the enemy, there had also been about the same number of acquittals."