roberto
pre 15 godina
I am particularly pleased that this "former" nazi has finally if belatedly been id'd and i hope and pray that his US citizenship, which was acquired under false premises (lies) will be quickly revoked.
then comes the question: where will he be tried? serbia? i hope not, since i do not trust the justice system there, to say the least, nor the full and ugly truth of the war to come out in an open and democratic way.
germany? possibly. i'm not sure how international law works, in this instance, but since he is "alleged" to have committed war crimes within the german army, the german judiciary should be able to claim jurisdiction. they have tried so many other nazi criminals, altho not nearly enough. he certainly deserves prison for the rest of his life, if found guilty. and i don't believe for a second that if the US govt has gone to all this trouble, so late in the game, they would do so on the basis of flimsy evidence.
my personal pick, however, would be Israel, since my people (Jews)made up by far the great majority of the victims. i do not agree with many aspects of Israeli policy (including their reticence to recognize Kosova), but their justice dept surely knows how to prosecute nazi war criminals. some of my early childhood memories involve the trial of Eichman, who was executed in 1961 (or 62?) for massive crimes against the Jews.
as some other posters here have pointed out, there were many layers of collaboration w the nazis, inside serbia and throughout the former yugoslavia. hopefully this coming trial will be a venue to clear some of the fog over those bad old days and uncomfortable memories...
roberto/frisco
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