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Originally Posted by Oberon

Legally I believe that they have a case, he was an accessory to the events at Auschwitz, whether or not he was complicit in them is up to the jury to determine. He has expressed regret and has spoken out against Holocaust denial, those are points in his favour, he might get a light custodial sentence, although at his age, any custodial sentence is probably equivalent to life, perhaps he'll get house imprisonment, or something fairly lenient.
Should he be prosecuted? He is 92, going on 93...it's hard for me to understand what these families will achieve through the prosecution, because I have never been in such a situation. They are more fortunate than their contemparies in Russia, I'm not aware of many instances of people prosecuting gulag members in Russia, although I'm sure it has happened, but certainly not to the scale that occurred post-WWII in Germany and across the world. Romania seems to be moving in that direction, which is good, but I'm not so sure about the other former Soviet countries. Perhaps ikalugin can shed some light on the subject?
And I wonder if Russia will pay any reparations to Ukraine for the Holodomor?

I guess, in a way, the families involved in this case are the lucky ones, they can prosecute, they can bring a case forward...there are hundreds of thousands...if not millions...who cannot.

True that