Most of the top Nazi officials escaped to Argentina, and the more talented scientists ended up working for the US government.
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JackBruh@lemm.ee 1 year agoWell Nazis were pretty much reintegrated into society in West Germany because Soviets became the enemy. So many people escaped justice it’s insane.
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poopknife@lemmy.world 1 year ago
some of them also became Austrian (or stayed in Austria) and went into politics after a very short while… (which is the origin story of the Austrian populist right-wing party “FPÖ” - their first leader was the former Nazi Minister of Agriculture and an SS officer) No need to hide your nazism if you’re in Austria (even today)
Communist_Lemming@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Yes, but for justice they would have had to arrest half of Germany and find prison guards that do not sympathise with the prisoners, so 99% foreigners. It was just impossible without Germany collapsing. And they probably wanted to avoid another treaty of Versailles.
And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
How do you measure that, there’s no crime in Germany that’s in anyway related to the horrors of WW2 (I’m assuming). Most remnants feel guilty or ousted by society if they mention being part of war crimes. Very few would have found support in different parts of the world encouraging supremacy or something shady.
The purpose of punishments and prison system if to avoid repeat behavior which mostly happened anyways. So does still punishing them have any real value except for feelings of revenge?
lorez@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Well, if you don’t even try to punish wrong behaviour it’s a bit like agreeing with it. Hey son, you did nothing wrong in killing the neighbors. Keep it up, Kyle.