The Last Nazi Trials: The Case Of Auschwitz Guard Reinhold Hanning | TIME

[@kiranadam3765]

I'm still waiting for 'retired' soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army to be charged for similar crimes against the Chinese.

[@blehbleh222]

Light Ray Adam eyyyy ain’t that the truth!!

[@peterrodby2786]

Light Ray Adam-- do the Japanese even teach their school children about atrocities in se Asia?

[@MyYuwono]

You won't get them as japan never admitted the crimes as for german they had admitted and taken the responsabilities.

[@BratvaTV]

Or what about the Americans who dropped nukes and murdered 200K civilians. Indeed a war crime based on the laws made up after the war.

[@peace-now]

The Japanese situation is different. Japan suffered from the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The Japanese have learnt from their mistakes, due to lack of experience.

[@julienorfolk3880]

I agree with this survivor. Mass murder is a crime to be analyzed and learned from, not to be forgotten and covered up as if it didn’t happen.

[@thezmanchar]

That’s so true. But please re-edit and use her name.

[@henrysmommy7]

Anyone who says it's been too many years should really think. If your sister, mother, brother, father, etc was yanked away from you today and murdered in cold blood. How do you think you would feel about it in fifty years or sixty or seventy... Forgiveness, I think not .

[@zwijntje3010]

NEVER !!!!!!!

[@NoName-vi3fq]

Would your feel better knowing that your murdered relative life was valued as 10 minutes or so prison time? 0 in practice as "everybody" knew someone of his age and health would not be actually jailed and probably would die before the legal formalities was sorted out. That's not justice nor revenge. Just a impotent show trial where the prosecutor knowing fully well that while he will get guilty verdict a punishment even remotely fitted to the charge will not be carried out. It's better to admitt that justice was not served to him and a great many other of his kind back in the days for one reason or another and that time have now run out for a rerun in a meaningfull way. Then stating that the proper punishment for him and others like him will be carried out post mortem.

[@emiliospowerballer1441]

so what, retaliate? if thats your answer, then obviously youre part of the problem. yes you forget and move on, thats what a mature person will do. my father was almost killed in the cypriot invasion of turkey, hes alive and well today but never did he ever mention his experiences in war, its over. you forget and move on

[@SpaceCadet_12]

Emilios Powerballer So are we suppose to act like nothing happened? Despicable.

[@bw2442]

All wrongs or sins need to be forgiven, not for the sake of the abuser but for the sanity of the victim, or it will eat you alive, Gods help will be needed to do this. It is not humanly possible ..

[@mrvarus8957]

To all the young people. You cannot learn by forgetting.

[@whatwhat3432523]

@John Sluder Great education you have, you think Communism was Jewish because of Lenin? Lord have mercy, I have seen so many misinformed idiots online it actually hurts my feelings that most of human kind is at your level.

[@Aluunyax3]

John Sluder Marx was a self hating half jew, he even wrote a book criticising them. Also his partner Friedrich Engels was pure european German. Communism is not a jewish ideology.

[@tedstout7439]

John Sluder Nazibot

[@justenough730]

@John Sluder yes Bolsheviks.

[@kerriepaterson]

But you can through forgiveness! Sadly something missing in tech social media. It’s all we have to aid us in the path to redemption.

[@randyschaff8939]

If you forget the past you will keep repeating it. History must be remembered.

[@heisenbergred]

@Y Bshut up boy

[@waverunner7063]

What about Palestine then? Should we forget about their plight and struggle?

[@heisenbergred]

Gaza i think you mean? Israel pays them for electricity and other essential stuff

[@dionlindsay2]

You will repeat it even if you remember it. Such is human nature.

[@TheeBlueDutchess]

@@guavaguy4397 then that's a conscious decision you'll reap the consequences for as life as shown many a time. You are not asked to be or feel guilty but to acknowledge, accept, and remember. That isn't hard.

[@TruckieLooks4Aliens]

Why do people act like bc it’s a long time ago it shouldn’t matter now?

[@flightenlightened3045]

AMellon Keller Probably because he doesn’t pose a threat to the public anymore, since he is so old.

[@zoesdada8923]

Okay what about the communists who murdered millions? Where is your anger for them?

[@jeffmax2941]

Ur messed up dude it should be remember ever day

[@camerong5513]

@@zoesdada8923 is the person supposed to list every ill act they ever heard of?

[@basskickersoutdoors5594]

He should of been tried 40 years ago when all these officers and officials were being charged for there crimes. Yes he deserves to pay for what he did but at the same time someone who stood watch vrs someone who actually committed the acts in the camp at this point what is prison gonna do to a 90 year old man hes already enjoyed his golden years so at this point is kinda pointless to put him in prison when he could die at anything now.

[@bluessoul1286]

If only he was a scientist, like Wernher Von Braun, or how about the Japanese scientists that were given immunity for Unit 731.

[@Bj-yf3im]

Daniel Ruelas The West did not prosecute any of the former 731 scientists. When one of them came to the US to make a formal apology, he only made out of his plane before being sent back to Japan by the police! Had he been allowed to speak, it would have been world news!

[@Bj-yf3im]

Jordan Reynolds That's what leftists and SJWs apparently believe and that no other race except whites can do that.

[@albundybudbundy3714]

@@Bj-yf3im well said man.

[@SouthPark333Gaming]

Yep, prosecuting a 94 year old man who was a tiny payer in a big game more than a lifetime ago just seems silly. The poor sod probably didn't know what was going on

[@jgill3881]

My people only make up less than 2% of the country after many genocides The last one being in the 80s.There were no camps they were purged on site :( things like this happened in Asia too

[@edithcallaway4316]

The survivors are of strong character and very noble people.

[@yannick245]

We still had trials in 2023! Some of these late-90s/centenarian SS men are actually put in front of juvenile courts, because they were under 18/21 while they were SS members/the holocaust took place. For them it was certainly better than to fight on the fronts. The years of 44/45, the _"final stand/Endkampf",_ took more casualties than the previous years combined _(where already millions had died)._ Especially among very young men. They often didn't even finish school, before being thrown at the front lines. After a shortened training. Although many had already somewhat of a pre-training. Being part of the Hitlerjugend and anti-aircraft defense _("Flakhelfer generation")._

[@fillsbury8304]

@@yannick245Good. You shouldn't get to participate in something like this, without facing the consequences.

[@peace-now]

Irene Weiss is a true heroine. She is absolutely correct that the SS guards should be brought to trial, not for punishment, but to give testimony so we all can learn. Irene has never been vindictive towards the guards, who she just wants to listen to her and other survivors. It all helps.

[@MSM4U2POM]

@MVP Irrelevant. He was a member of the SS - a criminal organisation.

[@hopemay9562]

@MVP alleged?! Are you serious?!?!

[@hopemay9562]

@MVP the bodies of the victims arent proof enough?

[@hopemay9562]

@MVP I inhumane conditions they were forced to live in, isnt proof enough? Or how about the fact they were starved to death and experimented on medically???

[@David-ci1vn]

@@MSM4U2POM Not until post ex facto law made it so; I just passed a law that made it illegal for Yuoutube posters to write "SS - a criminal organisation", fair?

[@trullyfreak]

I wonder if the lass with the baby would be saying „oh he’s old, it’s too late, leave him be” if were responsible for murder of her kid.

[@beachsheri9684]

She's a ditz like so many youth of this time frame. My son is 21 but I have made sure he knows a lot about these things! He is wise, so wise

[@rubys7064]

I've heard testimony of guards smashing babies against walls. How would she feel if that was her baby. A lot of the people dont want to talk about it and say let's move on. You can't move forward until you know where you have been.

[@daffodilrose1950]

So young with no life’s experiences.....or just plain heartless to these peoples sufferings. Sad....

[@biancachi6435]

Exactly. Insensitive troll she was.

[@charlesmartella]

Yes true but the poor young German girl has and her generation would have copped a lot of shit for what her forefathers had done but she has done nothing herself to deserve this.

[@johngray9434]

Those who were not valued by the west were hung - whilst others with knowledge of building rockets were welcomed as U.S. citizens and lived a life of freedom where sadly the status of a war criminal depends on how useful they are to western governments

[@PK-re3lu]

Very true.

[@marcospark2803]

True but that applies to everyone not only Western. Soviet Union did the same thing.

[@andrewjensen8189]

@@marcospark2803 Yep, basically just hypocrites in power. Even worse, when America originally started hearing rumors of the ethnic cleansing occuring in Germany, they were slow to react because America was overwhelmingly antisemetic during the 30s and 40s so they didn't really see it as a pressing issue. It was only when Pearl Harbour was attacked that the Jewish extermination became a worthy enough cause for America to join the war for.

[@redwater4778]

Germany's crime was taxing the US corporations that did business in Germany

[@jennh2096]

It makes me sick how the US hid so many of these people, and let many of the Japanese completely off the hook in agreement to exchange information.

[@wilsonip6529]

I feel so sad for this lady and her families, those horrible childhood memories became a forever scar in her life. I wish she will live happy and healthy for rest of her life.

[@autumnhomer9786]

“Everyone had to do their part or it wouldn’t have worked.” Exactly, a group effort. That just makes it worse.

[@MasonStrand]

You can do your part without having a choice; imagine how he feels knowing he was sentencing people to death but being unable to do anything about it? The death camps were top secret. When you got there and got your orders, you were stuck. If he left, he’d be shot. We’d have one leas witness of the atrocity than we do today. It’s sad to see a man prosecuted at this age, when instead we should be interviewing him- he should be telling his story so we don’t repeat ourselves, not being forced to go to jail for it.

[@frederic5335]

He could have declined serving in the concentratipn camps. The claim that he would have been shot had he not played his part is long established as a historical myth.

[@David-ci1vn]

"all do their part", including highly funded lawyers, press ganged non "witnesses" and a compliant press.

[@YN-oy4ks]

@@MasonStrand he could have told his story from jail, the spineless coward was hiding in plain sight the whole time.

[@BhBc8f8]

​@@MasonStrand It’s not just because he was a part of it but that he also did nothing to help. He didn’t share his food or water with them, he didn’t say any kind words to them, he didn’t play their favorite music, he didn’t sneak in any chocolate or sweets, he didn’t empathize with them, he didn’t help any escape, he didn’t protect any from being picked, he didn’t speak out against it, he didn’t do anything to show that he doesn’t want to be here. He was simply along for the ride, one of those “sucks to suck but I'm just glad it’s not me” mentality. He did what he was told, he did his job efficiently day in and day out but never once paused to question the morality of it. And that’s why he’s being punished. Contrary to popular belief, looking the other way does make one complicit.

[@farmwife7944]

the young woman holding her baby: I have to believe that if that baby were to be torn from her arms and murdered, then she would have no ambivalence about the trial of the old guard. She is lucky enough to be far removed from such a possibility but she needs to learn empathy. It is what makes us human. Personally I would go the rest of my life, up to my death looking for justice for the people that made the atrocity happen.

[@TT-Freak]

True and well said.

[@teresahiggs4896]

True and everyone has a choice. I am ex navy and if I were given an order that I believed was unlawful , like this guard was given , I would rather go to jail or even be killed my self than obey that order . Evey military person has the right to refuse to obey an unlawful order. And what is lawful about about first guarding the people so,they couldn’t sneak away, escape off the trains or to escape after they were unloaded at the camp……dividing families, sending some to the camp to be worked to death and others be killed immediately , sending those children and infants to be gassed, then guarding the remainder in a camp, making sure that they don’t escape and then guarding them while they work and forcing them to work until they died from untreated disease and sickness, over work and malnutrition? What ,in ANY military ,is lawful about ordering someone to do those things? The guard is responsible because of this simple fact…if there had not been guards like this man, many of these people would have at least tried to escape. Who knows how many might have succeeded. Who,dealt wirh the people on a daily basis? Not the high officers, it was the guards, the enlisted ranks,. Of course the officers woukd check periodically, and they certainly signed off on the enlisted guards reports, maybe the officers supervised any special occurrences or punishments that happened. They supervised the off loading of the trains of people. But guards were still,present , when officers where there and when officers were absent. One or two officer wouldnt have been enough to stop a mass escape or a mass attack on the officers…so guards were absolutely ecsssary and vital to all aspects and operations ofmthe murder machines. So this murder machine that was the concentration camp required many people to make it work. If you remove one part it just doesn’t woek or doesn’t woek as well. And a guard was one of those parts that was absolutely necsssry. It’s a tradgedy that this guard was allowed to live a long , free, and happy life , somerhing he denied thousands of others. Justice wouid have been better served if he could have been caught and tried decades ago. But he needs to be convicted ,he needs to ad it his guilt and responsibility in the deaths of thousands and IMO he needs to be in prison for his last years.

[@farmwife7944]

@@teresahiggs4896 thank-you for your service.

[@jennh2096]

That woman is the exact reason this was allowed to happen in the first place. Complete ambivalence and then excusing actions by saying maybe that's just what they had to do.

[@Ebc1129]

I'm happy to know I'm not the only one who disagrees with that woman's mindset.

[@TopLob]

The truth is that you can only forgive a genocide by never witnessing it in the first place. Once you've witnessed it, it is impossible to forgive. Through sheer ignorance people forgive perpetrators who would have treated them with utmost cruelty and no remorse.

[@soavemusica]

Actually, a Christian must forgive. We may not all be going to prison for crimes, but before God us sinners cannot stand. MATTHEW 6: 14 -15 "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

[@daddyrabbit835]

This guy isn't even the same guy he was in his youth. This is a travesty and a waste of time.

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

The truth : yes , it's possible.

[@belindahopkins9707]

He's lived a full life he was not entitled too

[@dizzy3216]

Belinda Hopkins you do not know that

[@David-ci1vn]

How come Rudolph Hess was made to die in solitary confinement, for the same reson that Eichmann was murdered, to keep him quiet.

[@kellycole4160]

i don’t think it should ever be forgotten no matter how long it has been we learn from our actions we owe it to the victims and their family keep history in the for front no matter how heinous it is so it won’t be repeated

[@Desmondbrown73]

Who did you vote for in the last election? Let’s see how well you’ve learned ‘your lesson’…

[@ClaraMarcela]

He died on May 30th, 2017, before going to prison.

[@simonbennatan8257]

May his name and memory be erased.

[@kNINER-tj6mq]

Well good. He's burning in hell now.

[@zwijntje3010]

The filthy bastard !!! 😤😤😤😤

[@reenaranirosetty]

He must be in hell now.

[@barbarafischbach8480]

DANIEL PRADO are you saying it’s sad that he was convicted and sentenced or are you saying he died without paying for his crimes?

[@btuesday]

This trial should have taken place 70 years ago. Now it is pointless

[@squamish4244]

It is because we allowed too many of the big players to get away with it that we are going after the bit players now. It's guilt over not doing enough, and also fear over the creeping fascism and similar forces in Europe today. Maybe going after a 96-year-old man who died one year later seems pointless, but perhaps the symbolism is what is important. There is a solid slippery-slope argument to be made, because that's how it all started before. "It's no big deal, let this go, let that go, okay, that too, now that, hey what where did this evil regime come from?!?"

[@JackHY2K]

Hannah-Louise I agree with you wholeheartedly. And guards are often SS officers. Hanning was a sergeant, so a non-commissioned officer.

[@jlcollins7673]

So...if your child was murdered, and decades later, they found the person guilty of it, you wouldn't want them convicted and sentenced to prison? Because it would pointless?

[@harrijarvis8494]

I agree

[@Emilygulden]

History isn't pointless.

[@greenbeancasserole6646]

Why did it take so long? This should have been done decades ago!

[@HackersSun]

@@archdornan3339wasn't Germany under half and half ussr control until 1990? Hardly a time to drum up more when the Berlin wall is right there

[@yurichtube1162]

@@HackersSun that was 30 years ago

[@David-ci1vn]

When Simon Wiesenthal was on the trail of "Silberbauer", Ann Frank's arresting officer her father was calling for reconciliation, he was ignored. There's a Jewish saying that the zealot destroys their own house.

[@avengernemesis7990]

Why was this man not convicted after the war ? Or taken to court in the 1960's, 70's, 80's ! Why let this man enjoy a life within his community , while others suffered such great losses. It's inconceivable to me why he wasn't prosecuted when they had the chance to do so while he was younger. He is an old man now and where is the justice in that! So very sorry for your loss...we shall remember them.🌿 Australia...

[@breather8758]

Corruption?

[@m1965-e9h]

Exactly why

[@James-rc6qq]

Because he never shared his experiences. He willingly spoke out in order to stop holocaust deniers from being able to have a point. It came at a price though. And the reason nothing happened until now, is because he played such an insignificant part of the process and no one cared to prosecute. However, when he was an old man and time had already passed, they wanted to prosecute. Explaining why it happened this way only some know, I certainly don't

[@XSpamDragonX]

@@hakuyuki6859 Dude literally started asking to be transferred out of the camp as soon as he got there, how anyone in these comments thinks he willfully participated in any part of the Holocaust are just emotional animals that refuse to act like humans.

[@bocameron4507]

Because the top ranks would need to go down first…and then there would be a case to put a lot of top politicians today behind bars for similar war crimes

[@misiasert1348]

With the progress of forensics, many people that committed murder decades ago are caught. Prosecuting war criminals is no different. I have neither empathy or sympathy for this man. He had choices,which he chose to take, & every action provokes a reaction. He has the luck of being given justice rather than retribution ,& for that he ought to be grateful his accusers acknowledge his humanity, which is more than can be said about him.

[@charlesbeloved7951]

Those who abuse other human beings, who have committed crimes against other human beings should have ZERO MERCY when it comes to justice. It doesn’t matter how old they are.

[@ItsRainingHippos]

People seem to not understand that this isn’t guilt by association. He was an active cog in the mass murder machine. He and many others like him witnessed crimes against humanity and did nothing to stop it.

[@James-rc6qq]

Anyone in his exact position would do the same.

[@ItsRainingHippos]

@@James-rc6qq No, they wouldn’t.

[@James-rc6qq]

@@ItsRainingHippos Yes they would. If you were brought up surrounded by that propoganda, under the same authority, you and almost all other people IN THAT TIME would have done the exact same. You need to familiarise yourself with Milgrams experiment if you havent already. However, in this day and age, probably not. But at the time and under the same circumstances the vast majority of people would have followed orders and not spoken out. Ruling by fear is a very powerful tool

[@ItsRainingHippos]

@@James-rc6qq You do not get to use the scapegoat of propaganda when you’re witnessing and enforcing - firsthand - horrors beyond imagination. People IN THAT TIME absolutely chose not to go along with those atrocities. They were not stupid. They did not lack critical thinking skills to understand that what they were apart of was wrong. You can only hide behind ignorance and fear for so long before you admit you’re either evil or cowardly. Familiarize yourself with that.

[@chinesetaxevader]

@@ItsRainingHippos "oh yeah let me just critizise Hitlers ideology and ask them if they could pls stop killing people im sure that wont get me killed right on the spot"

[@chrispennie5830]

This is good and I'm glad this is happening, people say its pointless but it is an extremely important teaching moment.

[@daddyrabbit835]

Nah, it's a waste of time. This guy isn't even the same person he was during the war.

[@cherirutherford7435]

"I am ashamed that I saw Injustice and never did anything about it I am very very sorry" He knows what he did was wrong and he regrets every single part of it you can just tell from the way he described it the sad thing is even if he had did something about the Injustice he saw he likely would have faced the same fate is the very people who died in those camps so to keep himself alive he couldn't do anything he had to sit there and watch in horror knowing that if he did anything to stop it he would meet the same fate what he did was undoubtedly wrong but he regretted it and then you can tell after all he did have over seventy years to think it through

[@alandela6330]

Guilt by association is a weak legal principle that does not seek justice but vengeance.

[@LindaWilliams-rb4jh]

I disagree. And I doubt that he never killed any of them or participated in beatings that could lead to death. If the dead could talk...they would tell you, I'm sure, that he participated in murder.

[@joelane9528]

Linda Williams the dead can’t talk, and your certainty doesn’t hold up in court

[@georgepapazov9275]

Alan Dela that’s what I’m thinking, he was a pawn

[@juusohamalainen7507]

You have a very weird view on justice.

[@juusohamalainen7507]

@@ceebee4750 You are absolutely right just as the court.

[@daenerystargaryen5687]

People like him should be put on trial no matter their age! As much as he did not show any mercy to the old people he killed 70 years ago. (P.S. Am i the only one annoyed by these german girls?)

[@Suby475]

Bro that bitch is fucking ignorant!!!

[@lorraineforte9175]

Your not the only one. That girl didn't lose anyone,so this doesn't matter to her,most of the young people today have never faced ha4dship in their lives,so they are desensitized to other people's problems m

[@carys7417]

Today in Germany there really is an air of 'hush up now it happened years ago we want to move on and not be associated with that time'. But this cannot happen until such trials and justice have occurred. It's called closure.

[@jennh2096]

It's not about punishment this late in their lives, it's about accountability, forcing these people who either committed atrocities or stood by quietly and turned a blind eye to them, forcing them to admit that what they were party to was horrible. They should have to sit and listen to the testimony of the victims they tried to destroy, just like domestic violence abusers have to listen to victim panels. They should not be allowed to die without at least having to face those that they wronged

[@dianaverano7878]

You are correct. These soldiers lost the war & hid themselves within public eye. What if they won the war? These soldiers at their prime were willing to kill people categorized " inferior" according to hitler the jerk.

[@Courtsbelle]

Everyone making excuses... “his boss told him to, so he HAD to” I’m sure those victims wish they had a choice to not be forcibly taken to those camps... I’m sure they wish they weren’t starved, beaten, murdered, tortured, and experimented on. You did the crime you serve the time, I don’t care if you’re almost dead, or it’s 70 years later. Those people deserve justice till the last person is prosecuted.

[@lilyreyes6807]

1:55 I really like to ask that lady if she would have the same opinion in case her grandparents or parents had been victims of this old man.

[@alexlouis3289]

kinda strange that the random people were asked if they would forgive him

[@froseo9]

To be fair, he probably thought , nice i can just be a prison guard instead. That way i dont have to die on the Eastern front

[@HackersSun]

Yeah, you get it I think of the horror of Normandy of basically ally vs ally killing each other out of fear for what the top might do at the same time gunning down your country men

[@Yzzo1]

to be fair, for the victims, he needed to be brought to justice.

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

@@HackersSun "ally vs ally killing each other" ? "Gunning down your countrymen"? 1. It's ALLIE not ally! Ally is a unisex given name, nickname and surname. It is a variant of Allie and Ali. It is used as a diminutive nickname for the given names Alison or Alyssa (feminine) or Alister or Alan (masculine). 2. The allies certainly didnt shoot each other knowingly, out of fear or otherwise!

[@roluxism]

@@HackersSun EASTERN FRONT normandy is western

[@stephenosterberg8845]

@@HackersSun Garbage response.

[@chantaltestman6916]

karma has no deadline

[@andres.9950]

#Vietnam

[@farismag]

#Iraq

[@imcavdb5465]

That's the only thing I would want to hear from a camp guard after such a long time: "I saw injustice and I am ashamed to say I didn't do anything about it. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry".

[@HackersSun]

Yeah that's what most people were tho People are VERY quick to anger and I *understand* but this was years ago and it was a totalitarian regime here, he could have been FORCED to do it somehow like the conscripts towards the end of ww2 Germany The either-you're-with-us-or-youre-against-us state A guy who shot an ss officer had him, his family, and his VILLAGE burned to the ground .. Its.. Not so black and white

[@billmitchell3329]

Imca vdB if you believe in God when you go before him in the end, that is what he’ll have to tell God. “ I saw injustice and didn’t do anything about it” Not a position anyone would want to be in. He not only did nothing about it, he aided and abetted it by being a guard insuring the process!

[@firebyrd437]

I remember a documentary that included this man when he was younger, after the war he refused to talk about this to his family, then after many years he came forward to speak about him being a guard, he had no been there for a year and had asked to be get out of the camp, to be posted else where, he returned to active duty. When he finally talked about this he said I have to tell the story of my past and the terrible things that happened in our country, whether he finally had come to terms with the Holocaust and his part in it, only he knows

[@angelofmusic477]

This old man is so lucky. He wasn't caught in his youth when he committed untold attrocities. Now an old and dying man facing trial...is a small comfort to his victims. Whatever, justice must be served....however old he maybe.

[@epa316]

Notice he and his defense team never said, “This is ridiculous, it never happened.” Which I would expect to be their number one defense, if it were true. But it’s not true. It did happen. Some “people” have a really hard time accepting this.

[@amritavalley8100]

The old lady is so damn beautiful!

[@David-ci1vn]

She's playing her part, that's all.

[@gordonharper9126]

@@David-ci1vn What do you mean by that?

[@David-ci1vn]

@@gordonharper9126 "I was asked if I would go", "I didn't look at his face but I was not required to", she's acting a part as required in a prosecution as a witness of someone she had never met. Look at how cursorily she points to the photograph while indicating herself, then compare that picture to the narrative of the moment, does it tally, is she being pressured to move, does she look even concerned, is she even the right age? This elderly lady has a legally promted platform and I daresay, and hope, that she is now comfortable at home, quite unlike another elderely lady Ursual Haverbeck who today the 8th November is passing it in Bielefeld prison because she "is not allowed to speak", it's disgusting.

[@jamesb.9155]

@@David-ci1vn She said: 'I was not required to recognize his face'. That's wholly different and has nothing to do with how classy & even pretty she appears!

[@MrTwotimess]

If this man was part of a rocket research program, he would have been whisked off to the USA and given a job at NASA.

[@mattolds9068]

Or russia

[@waverunner7063]

@@mattolds9068 They preferred the US, trust me. USSR stole them by force.

[@mgcinimalinga7097]

True Kkkkk US is blessed they focus in life not history

[@marshaaoolie8474]

Were these scientists mass killers? I think not.

[@AdvocatussDiabolii]

@@marshaaoolie8474 Oh yes absolutely more than you think they were

[@46danz]

You can’t sweep something like this under the carpet,lest we forget.

[@TheAlchaemist]

According to what I have seen in different cases, from different genocides, in almost all cases those involved even being very old remained staunch believers in what they had done. That total lack of empathy, total lack of remorse, that level of arrogance is revolting. Is the confirmation that you can be 100 years old and still deserve prison and retribution.

[@jak3589]

Irene is a beautiful lady she has done much to help other's after liberation. I am very happy she is a survivor & am very sorry she lost her family. We have know idea what they went through!

[@gigiw.7650]

Forgiveness is one thing, justice is another.

[@richardshiggins704]

Such an elegant and articulate lady . However we have learnt little , Serbia- Bosnia , Pol Pot and the camps of the beloved Leader Kim .

[@losonsrenoster]

If you can find it on the internet, read " The Aquariums of Pyongyang" by Kang Chol-wan & Pierre Rigoulot to get an account of what happened in a North Korean death camp. The author Kang was there.

[@MrLeighman]

I think the lesson here for everyone living now in the present is to preserve your moral compass. If you work in "authority" then always be on guard as to weather you are acting or being ordered to act immorally - and preserve your integrity. dont just blindly follow orders you know are wrong! Question "authority"!

[@bloodnightdiitonakakatakot808]

To give and serve justice is also to forgive. A closure to the victims family.

[@davidclaro152]

Only 5 years? Talk about a slap in the face. That’s nothing compared to what he did to thousands.

[@kgd9725]

Instead of putting an old man who can't even stand properly on trial for something he *might* have done a long time ago on strict government orders. Germany should instead focus on the jihadis running freely throughout the country and the dangerous imams radicalising youths everyday. Deal with the real threat not this show trial .

[@ggff3761]

KGD he deserves all he gets you sound like a racist

[@ggff3761]

KZbin TROLL303 nope

[@ggff3761]

KZbin TROLL303 I've just been taken in by their propaganda goiym (as you'd probably say)

[@ranxerox76D]

The thing is unlike say a baby or a dog. A government can focus on more than one issue at a time. Also and maybe I'm wrong about this, but the judicial system in germany is not part of the executive or legislative branch. ANgela Merkle isn't also a judge is she? So punishing war criminals would actually not take any effort or focus away from these two branches of government. Which would allow them to spend their time dealing with the immigration problem, or other government issues.

[@stephenflowerday4038]

Well I'm an atheist and believe you are responsible for the choices you make in life. He was a woman a child killer by being part of the machine, damn right he should pay.

[@federicamarchesini6207]

I am glad that justice was finally made. His age doesn’t matter. His crimes are too big to be just waived off. This person needs to pay for what he did. I cannot believe they gave him only 5 years.

[@briandelaney9710]

They aren’t saying he committed crimes , he is being charged for just having been there as a guard which is problematic

[@lindseymarie7923]

It doesn't matter how old he is he should still face up to what he did.

[@cs-7]

What was that? Opening gates and being threatened by S.S. officers? Don't tell me you wouldn't do what your told when you have a machine gun in your face and German shepherds surrounding you.....

[@David-ci1vn]

He did, he was a young guard, have the murderers of Lord Moyne been disintered from Mount Herzl, thought not.

[@seattlewa8500]

@@cs-7And you know this how? He led prisoners to the gas chambers. He knew exactly what he was doing.

[@madamehussein]

I agree with most speakers, this trial is a sham. First, you need to have specific charges, this man may have risked his life smuggling food to the inmates, doing what little he could. Being employed at that time at that place simply isn't enough. Because secondly, following the law and doing what your government tells you cannot be a crime. Guards going out of their way to do harm should of course be punished, as should the officers in the higher echelons who took part in planning atrociities or who mighe have had another choice. This is not justice it's moral grandstanding.

[@anonanon2614]

Yes people were forced into the Wehrmacht (Army) but no into the SS that guarded the camps

[@radial2074]

Sami F There were plenty of ordinary soldiers who committed war crimes against Russian civilians through rape and murder. Should we prosecute every living german soldier because the possibility he may have committed such crimes? No. The same goes here. That's like saying American soldiers who fought in Iraq should be prosecuted for their part in an illegal war, even though they were just following orders from their commanders-the ones really responsible.

[@jeffmax2941]

Magnus Hansson ur sick he liked his job asshole

[@madamehussein]

Spoken with the eloquence I've come to expect from leftists and other outrage warriors. How the f'ck would "you" know?

[@theotherside931]

Jeff Max And he told you so?

[@bitterwiththesweet4742]

Its not a crime if you are forced

[@camerong5513]

@Elba M the smart arse didnt actually say anything to disagree with

[@awmzy8897]

this poor man was a victim in ww2, he was forced to guard that facility otherwise he would have been hung. hitler may not have sent him to the chambers, but he would have gone there if he didn’t comply

[@2horses4U]

Every time I hear or read a testemony of a victim of the holocaust, I'm in tears. I try to imagine how these poor men, women - mothers, fathers, grandparents - and these innocent children must have felt, and ofcourse I cannot realy imagine it - it's too horrible to even begin to imagine how it was. I cannot imagine how a human being can be so cruel, so inhumane to abuse and torture these people, how to starve them, hurt them, guard them...murder them. What happens that they can do that? What happens in their mind to turn them in such evil beings? I can't wrap my mind around it. And then I ask myself... is it possible, when I was born in those times as a German...could I be turned into a monster? I would love to say 'no' ofcourse, but the truth is that I don't know. I truly hope that when the time should come to choose between right or wrong, I can choose right, no matter the consequences. Every war criminal must be punished and bear the consequences of his actions, no matter how old the crime already is. Only when justice is done to the victims, there can be forgivness.

[@David-ci1vn]

"Every time I hear" you act as you are supposed to,it's great NLP.

[@pauld9561]

I came straight to the comments section and was not disappointed.

[@suzannereiser4720]

Never too late for justice ...

[@uptonsinclair8215]

You mean for the people of Palestine? Boycott...Divestment...Sanctions....

[@SumanTiwariNamaste]

Justice is Revenge you can't take by yourself. And if the people who wants revenge are dead and no longer in this world... It's no longer Justice.

[@seattlewa8500]

@@SumanTiwariNamaste But some still are alive.

[@35lilix]

For you who are saying "He was just a guard" "He was just following orders", standing there and watching as people as young as infants were being murdered is the same as killing them, him being a guard there was his choice and if he chose to be there it means he believed in the ideology of Hitler that dehumanized anyone different from them. The mother carrying her baby and saying they should just forgive him and that its pointless now..if you lived at that time and had your baby taken from you to be murdered i dont think you would be saying the same thing.

[@marksill8020]

In the end, God will judge.

[@elmomussolini6847]

@@sirskeng6611 why reply 6 months later

[@DevinNixonDavis]

Why would god let all of this happen in the first place? "Mysterious" ways?

[@EarthChickadee]

ThiccBoi, Think again, sir God *IS* very *real* kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5vVqXung95oebM The *REAL* Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia There are *many* archaeological *evidences* coming out in these last days to *prove* beyond any shadow of a doubt that GOD *IS* TRUE, and that the Biblical record is accurate recorded history. Actually, He is *more* real than you can even wrap your little mind around. He *IS* He *WAS* He *WILL BE* ~~ *THE ALMIGHTY* ~~ Some years ago, I died (as in stone, cold dead. Kaput. Gone. Lifeless.) God is *LOVE* So very Vast and Eternal that even those words can not come close to aptly describing the *PURE LOVE* that God *IS* The. Words. Do. Not. Exist. *Repent* For the kingdom of God is indeed at hand.

[@EarthChickadee]

Devin Nixon~Davis, Out of mourning comes joy. Do you recall what happened directly *after* this horrific event? *Israel was a nation born in ONE day* Isaiah 66 End time prophecy being *fulfilled* right before our very eyes.

[@therofthew]

Mark Sill how can you possibly believe that there’s someone invisible living in the sky and call that someone or that thing god after watching and learning about all the atrocities that went on back then and continue happening around this putrid world today? How obtuse you have to be to fall for that story of an all powerful, all knowing and all loving god? Ain’t you embarrassed of being so stupid and publicly show off your lack of intelligence? What kind of moron are you idiot?

[@Zadorine1]

The crime is so enormous, it's not a forgivable crime. She is soo right. It's not like I say sorry and the other person should forgive me, no, that's not the way.

[@VickiBee]

I think what the family of the murdered want is more important than what the sanctimonious bleeps of the world demand "is the 'right' way to handle it." If we want the rest of the people responsible for killing him at work to be executed for their crimes and not let go on technicalities or at the pleading of people who care more about living in ideals than with human beings, then we should at least be listened to; not shut down on the basis that we don't feel like moral superiors when deciding what to do with the people who burned our loved one out of existence so effectively we've never received identification to match the DNA samples we gave to the authorities. We only got a confirmed death bc it was confirmed he worked there, confirmed he was "last seen leaving for work" and confirmed he'd worked there every day for 6 years. Otherwise we received a form that clearly shows there was no body nor evidence of earthly remains before the Death Certificate was issued. The problem is "we" (every 9/11 family) don't all want the same thing for the culprits & there are still 100s of 9/11 family & friends living. Unfortunately, one of the parents of a murdered 9/11 family is against execution and are actively trying to stop it. It's unfortunate because another parent of another murdered 9/11 victim is FOR capital sentencing. When you kill that many people, you make the ensuing trial a mess. I have a native German boyfriend, who's relatively young, and he's NEVER had that slovenly, lazy, almost "Well who cares that it happened? i didn't do it" attitude that SOME of these "people" have. Watch while someone in your family is murdered like a dog. See what you think, then. If you still have no feelings about it then you have a right to keep the attitude.

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Boy, whatever your opinion, it’s chilling to hear German citizens say that “It’s been so long, why now?”

[@nextjaeger9271]

No, we just go thru it in school over and over again so that we dont forget, but it is portrayed as if it was our fault (I'm 18) so it gets kinda anoying...

[@gavin9737]

@@nextjaeger9271 bro your bloodline committed atrocious acts they all deserve to die in prison whichever ones are still alive

[@nextjaeger9271]

@@gavin9737 well so did the british with the aborigines or the americans with the indians. are they all supposed to die in prison as well?

[@mencken8]

What is going on in this video creates strong and very ambivalent feelings in me. I guess I agree with the people who said that this should have been done decades ago. That is perhaps the next question for Germany to examine.

[@N108funshow]

One minute 56 seconds: why would you make an old man stand trial? Is this actually a real question? Because it’s the right thing to do. What if somebody took your baby away? Wouldn’t you want justice?

[@ilzegrina1424]

It is easy to judge the guards, but this happened because the society was sleeping. What about all those people who saluted in solidarity with Hitler? Are they no guilty of ignorance and cowardess as well? We think we would all be heros in a situation of war or at least have the privilage of being not involved, but almost all of us would be cowards.

[@marcospark2803]

I can salute him and not be aware of the mass execution or about the massacres. But a guard is a different story, he is seeing everyday how innocent people are being massacred, assassinated, sent to gas chambers, etc.

[@therainforest4314]

How does mass murder get forgiven?. A question that should never stop. Ask any of the indigenous people of the Americas, like in United States or Canada. This ongoing search for truth must continue or humanity will never know peace as it ought to be.

[@bhavykhatri2669]

"Justice Delayed is Justice Denied".

[@David-ci1vn]

This is law, not justice.

[@hanniballecter2513]

God bless you dear, thank you so much for telling your story, I am Jewish and proud so I want to learn all I can about my history

[@gordonbradley3241]

There cannot be any limitations on the prosecution of such heinous crimes ! The message must go out that no matter how long it takes, the people will come for you in the end !

[@ThePearsson]

My grandfather was a guard at a concentration camp outside Hamburg Germany and that was no secret but nothing we talked about. He wast a kind and friendly grandfather that took care of his grandchildren. But he was never in trails or got convicted? Why did he not get convicted when this man did? He was a soldier the last two years in SS as a tank driver in SS wiking. Did they never found out about his past or did a lot av the guards never face charges?

[@xDeAtHoMaTiCx]

The actions and crimes committed in these camps during that period should not ever be forgotten!! All responsible if still alive should be charged and convicted no matter their circumstances for the horror they done to those people and their loved ones!!

[@stojie7867]

Irene Weiss what a class act. I would not be able to contain my hate, nor forgive the coward.

[@dasikakn]

“Today I must do what I am asked to do and not stop and cry because thats not what is required at the moment”. In case anyone was wondering what resilience looks like.

[@MyYuwono]

Forgiveness is not the term for crime. If forgiveness is acceptable so why we need a trial just forgive the culprit and it is all clear now.

[@MalakhiW]

this is literally like me saying that i should be angry at white people for slavery and no matter how time has past i should still refuse to forgive. if everyone had the same mindset i think every person would be angry about something.

[@charlesbeaudelair8331]

The subtitles at 2:30 are not exact. The girl doesn't say 'why do we have to go through this again' but: 'why do we have to go through this again and again'. So it means sth different.

[@luhole]

Everything is forgivable, if only to bring yourself peace.

[@harrynking777]

I don't think so.

[@luhole]

@@harrynking777 OK, keep torturing yourself then.

[@nunyabusiness4904]

This brings the question of how far down the chain of command does responsibility go? If a private is guarding a military base where crimes against humanity are being committed by the top brass is he responsible? He has no say in what's happening on the base he just has his orders to guard the perimeter.

[@perugino25]

Guard did not have a choice, really. He had a choice but he acted differently according to his own survival instinct.

[@lizvlx]

Thats incorrect. Nobody was forced to be a guard in a camp. U could decline yr duties there anytime and be a regular soldier.

[@pepper5128]

@@lizvlx he was wounded while fighting on the front line and was considered not fit for front line duty, thus he was assigned to be a guard.

[@air2091]

Pepper no, if you are injured you are sent home

[@nextjaeger9271]

@@lizvlx where u would most likely have died so he is right

[@kurtjappy]

@@air2091 you really think they'd allow you to just be chilling at home?

[@fmj7.62xring8]

When she says he doesn’t look up because he doesn’t want to look at the survivors, no no he’s 94 he’s wondering were the fucking pudding is

[@bonnluedkie2717]

How was he suppose to stand up against the rest of his unit and if no one else agreed with him? It is a hard place to be and an impossible situation to correct. None of those officers should have been killing the men, women and children.

[@jeffmax2941]

Y did he put himself in that situation

[@lewistaylor2858]

@@jeffmax2941 he didn't?!?!

[@therookiesplaybook]

We just caught a serial killer, but he's 94. Let's not convict him, he's too old. WTF kind of thinking is that.

[@jadapinkett1656]

How was he a serial killer?

[@bebedor_de_cafe3272]

@@jadapinkett1656 he helped commit mass genocide

[@patriciadavidovic8265]

How can people talk about forgiveness? You forgive someone who realizes what he has done, he is very sorry for it and he willnever do it again. But these people are not sorry for what they did, they would gladly do it again now if they had the way to do it.

[@gcqldrgirl]

No matter how old, no matter how frail, no matter what age you are, you should still have to face the war crime.

[@BrotherWoody1]

It wasn't what he "saw", it's what he did.

[@Eshayzbra96]

You do realise that the only crime he committed was being a guard, which, wasn't a choice. It was a legitimate posting. A lot of the time soldiers, even of the SS, didn't know they were going to be posted to a death camp. This caused problems because guards would kill themselves if it got too much, so, they had to be on rotation. 43 is when they started to gas, which only required one person to operate. So again, out of the thousands of troops who were guards, he is guilty because he was one of them. Muh hawlawcawst

[@wyteepowers4638]

Jack H He was a good soldier.

[@damenwhelan3236]

Wytee Powers He was a good solider. He was. And im.sure his medals will comfort him as his humanity failed.

[@hazza302k2]

LegionaryWithAGladius not many people actually understand this you obviously seem like a reasonable person for knowing this

[@loganavery4951]

Why wasn't this done 60 year ago? Imprisoning a 94 year old man for crimes he helplessly witnessed more than half a century ago? This is not justice.

[@JackHY2K]

He was on the run for 65 years, something that his fellow colleague Jakob Wendel didn't do. He too was a guard (lower ranking than Hanning actually) but never had anything to hide. Turned himself in back in 1948, stood trial and served 5 years in prison. That's the way it's supposed to be.

[@janemaas4225]

You can see that this man is ashamed of his actions and that he is suffering. Mass murder is a punishable crime no matter where you are in the chain of command. Mass murders are happening around the world at this time in the 21st Century.

[@johnbrooks9508]

Much has been made of the accused’s body language and keeping his down. I would suggest that this is more to do with his general state of health or else a specific medical condition.

[@BlueVentricle]

My opinion is this. Yes it’s years later, but this was something that cannot be forgotten. For the innocent people, the SS didn’t care about their age or health, they didn’t show them any compassion. So honestly I don’t see why we should show them any if they didn’t show any to the millions of people killed in their camps. We don’t know their situation back then, but we know they knew what was going on to where they were guarding.

[@michaelkurz9067]

Never ask the younger generation about nothing their are so clueless

[@billwhite1603]

I saw a longer special with her. I love hearing her talk.

[@sick4652]

If you were in Germany maybe with a family what would you do? Escape: You have a small chance of survival Rebel: 100% death Or try to live normally: probably survive

[@damenwhelan3236]

I wouldn't be volunteering for an army branch that's for sure.

[@waynestar100]

@@damenwhelan3236 it wasnt volunteer

[@pbluma]

Definitely join the military, I wouldn't mind being a tank crewman or a pilot even. Maybe even join the SS, who knows.

[@pbluma]

Hey there, I just came to say that you have a very nice body.

[@tavish4699]

@@damenwhelan3236 well it might be best to volounteer because your chances are the highest to get to an army branch which isnt at the front .If you get drafted chances are high you have to join the ss or the normal infantry

[@leofloppa]

How was he supposed to "avoid" it?

[@Eebens]

"Good soldiers follow orders"

[@nomemolesten690]

For the ones saying this is pointless, here is the point @3:40

[@warsameguhaadbahdoon6401]

Will a day arrive when every Israili Soldier(IDF) or tax payer face trials for being complacent of what is happening in Palestine????.

[@AndresGarcia-od7dd]

Oh you mean the Palestinians attacking Israeli soldiers which then defend themselves?

[@Wienerblutable]

no, they not accept the international court of law

[@hunterfisher1294]

Warsame Guhaad Bahdoon Baloney there is no comparison you are out of your mind if you think so !

[@hessypanzer6612]

HOW DARE YOU COMPARE

[@warsameguhaadbahdoon6401]

Well i see the Terrorist internet army of Israel isnt happy with what i write.

[@charlesbeaudelair8331]

How could this simple soldier have acted differently without endangering his own life? Is he really the one responsible for what happened? I don't think so. Maybe following his orders even meant some kind of psychological torture to him and he had to do it anyway.

[@charlesbeaudelair8331]

@Val O'Brien In general I agree with you. But who would really have sacrificed his own life in such a situation? Would you? I think that is very hard to tell. Above all because the real options he might have had to act differently probably would not had changed anything. Of course there was also resistance and heroism in this time, but even those heros acted from a position of a minimum of security and the chance to get away with their rebellious acts (Schindler, the Scholl siblings and the white rose etc.).

[@SageGarlandSingerSongwriter]

What a trashy, cowardly, deceitful apology. That he "saw injustice"? No, you facilitated it. You committed it. You profited from it. This man is making me believe in the death penalty for the first time.

[@nextjaeger9271]

nag buddy, u missed the point. Maybe read something like "Ordinary Men" and then think about how bad he realy was...

[@josephsaliba79]

Most probably this man was once a prisoner of war either by Eastern or Western allies, already paid his debt, secondly, how do you prosecute a 95-year-old man is that even legal?