Demjanjuk Convicted for Role in Nazi Death Camp

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Originally Posted by the_tyrant

the guys who created the v2 simply created a weapon.
but the death camp operators used poison gas created by others to murder

Have you really thought this to the end?

The makers of the V2 created it for serving Hitler. The poison gas was created for Hitler. The war and the KZs alike were run and maintained for serving Hitler. Both groups of people are guilty.

On Demjanjuk and mookie'S implication that because he is old he shall not be held responsible for his deeds he was found guilty of. The survivors of that horror have never had the option to live without the horrific experiences they had to go through. They all have gotten a life sentence. Not even mentioning the dead. Why should somebody who was found guilty to have helped the horror, getting anything less?

He is old, okay. But so are the surviving victims. If they had to grow old in victimhood, then he can bear penalty and responsibility while being old. What that means for him now, does not compare to what the horror has meant for the victims, suviors and killed ones alike.

BTW, he currently is free. He was released immediately after the sentence. A slap into the face of the victims.