Read the story about Nazi hunters and Nazis found in America. Post a thoughtful comment, question, or connection for extra credit.
7 comments:
Steven Nelson P.6
said...
What this "Nazi Hunter" is doing goes to show that even though things such as what Hitler did go un-noticed and unpunished even here in the U.S. Even though I am from German decent I feel that any person who was involved in this whole mass extermination should be brought to justice by any means necessary. I do feel a tiny bit of hate for all the remaining criminals against humanity. What will happen I most certainly do not know but I hope and pray that every criminal will see that then can run forever but sooner or later they will be found out and will be brought to justice or if they are to be deceased the record will show that they who gave their lives for this ignorant cause will ultimately be living in INFAMY as the people who attempted the Mass Extermination of the Jewish people, Gypsies, Handicaped etc.
I think what the Nazi Hunter is doing is a noble pursuit and I think the government is more than justified in allocating funds towards it. It's good that the United States and other nations prosecute past crimes against humanity, but I can't help to wonder what impact we are having to stop the current ones. For example, the genocide going on in Darfur, what are we doing to stop that? With the holocaust, the United States said they weren't aware of the situation for a long time. We are well aware of the genocide going on in Darfur, what will be our excuse this time? And the United States government and citizens are horrified at the holocaust and at the treatment of the victims. But then the United States ran places like Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. There's some mixed feels about those, but from research I did for debate, it seems like some terrible crimes against humanity were committed at those places. I don't mean to just bash the government. Because I fervently believe that we are all first and foremost citizens of humanity and therefore it is all of our responsibility not only to stand against past offenses (like Mr. Rosenbaum does)but also current and future ones.
It is amazing how these people could enter other countries right after the war. I understand that most people just wanted everything to be over, but it seems a little suspicious that the Nazi Leaders just up and disapeared. I also find it quite disturbing that the Nazi Lady from San Fran. did not tell her significant other about her past, let alone him being of Jewish decent. The man that is hunting all of these people down is very honerable. These people that commit all of these horrific crimes and ran diserve to be put through the court system and punished. Mikel Muessig period 3
I think the whole Nazi hunter thing is a good thing to show other people families that American does care about the things that happened to people in Europe. The lady in San Francisco who didnt tell anybody about what she did in her passed is wrong and cruel to the people around her. This idea of hunting these people who commitied crime to other people is a good idea. These people need to be brought to justice to make an example of. This shows that even if you think your getting away from commiting crimes in the past, that you will still be brought to justice in the future.
I honestly hate the idea of the Nazi Hunter and tracking down German veterans to punish them for crimes done years and years ago. Times always are changing and back then it was a lot different than it is today. Many nazi's were brainwashed by Hitler's ideas and were likely to be killed if they didn't keep on following him after they had started. Also, at the time, there was an extremely large belief that the Jewish people and a few other minorities were evil and sinful people, so some German nazi's believed they were helping the world out by killing them off. This is easily comparable to white people lynching black people back when it was thought that they were like evil animals that didn't deserve any civil rights. Except we don't track down these people that used to lynch blacks and I don't believe anyone ever will. But why not? Is it because it wasn't an organized crime? Was it that not enough people were tortured or killed to track them down? Or was it because it all happened on American soil by American people? I don't know about any of you, but I think the reason is that it happened in America by Americans, and people just don't want to punish their own kind and make America look like any sort of disgrace. ANYWAYS, I feel really sympathetic towards the old German veterans that are getting convicted of war crimes this many years later.
What Eli M. Rosenbaum is doing should be giving way more man power, and money than he is getting. He is doing something that the U.S. should have been doing for awhile, and kept doing. I feel that people who just want to "forget" are completely wrong, and is inhuman as the acts that happen.
I really do not like the idea of a "Nazi Hunter" because I don't feel like old German officers should be punished for doing what they thought was right for their country. Nazi's grew up believing that Jews were evil and that it was their job to rid the world of this inferior race. Plus, some Nazi's committed crimes for Hitler because they feared that they would be killed if they refused. Overall, i really do not like the idea of a "Nazi Hunter."
7 comments:
What this "Nazi Hunter" is doing goes to show that even though things such as what Hitler did go un-noticed and unpunished even here in the U.S. Even though I am from German decent I feel that any person who was involved in this whole mass extermination should be brought to justice by any means necessary. I do feel a tiny bit of hate for all the remaining criminals against humanity. What will happen I most certainly do not know but I hope and pray that every criminal will see that then can run forever but sooner or later they will be found out and will be brought to justice or if they are to be deceased the record will show that they who gave their lives for this ignorant cause will ultimately be living in INFAMY as the people who attempted the Mass Extermination of the Jewish people, Gypsies, Handicaped etc.
Steven Nelson P.6
I think what the Nazi Hunter is doing is a noble pursuit and I think the government is more than justified in allocating funds towards it. It's good that the United States and other nations prosecute past crimes against humanity, but I can't help to wonder what impact we are having to stop the current ones. For example, the genocide going on in Darfur, what are we doing to stop that? With the holocaust, the United States said they weren't aware of the situation for a long time. We are well aware of the genocide going on in Darfur, what will be our excuse this time? And the United States government and citizens are horrified at the holocaust and at the treatment of the victims. But then the United States ran places like Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. There's some mixed feels about those, but from research I did for debate, it seems like some terrible crimes against humanity were committed at those places. I don't mean to just bash the government. Because I fervently believe that we are all first and foremost citizens of humanity and therefore it is all of our responsibility not only to stand against past offenses (like Mr. Rosenbaum does)but also current and future ones.
Ryann Dolezal- Period 6
It is amazing how these people could enter other countries right after the war. I understand that most people just wanted everything to be over, but it seems a little suspicious that the Nazi Leaders just up and disapeared. I also find it quite disturbing that the Nazi Lady from San Fran. did not tell her significant other about her past, let alone him being of Jewish decent. The man that is hunting all of these people down is very honerable. These people that commit all of these horrific crimes and ran diserve to be put through the court system and punished.
Mikel Muessig period 3
I think the whole Nazi hunter thing is a good thing to show other people families that American does care about the things that happened to people in Europe. The lady in San Francisco who didnt tell anybody about what she did in her passed is wrong and cruel to the people around her. This idea of hunting these people who commitied crime to other people is a good idea. These people need to be brought to justice to make an example of. This shows that even if you think your getting away from commiting crimes in the past, that you will still be brought to justice in the future.
Tyler OSborne
P.2
I honestly hate the idea of the Nazi Hunter and tracking down German veterans to punish them for crimes done years and years ago. Times always are changing and back then it was a lot different than it is today. Many nazi's were brainwashed by Hitler's ideas and were likely to be killed if they didn't keep on following him after they had started. Also, at the time, there was an extremely large belief that the Jewish people and a few other minorities were evil and sinful people, so some German nazi's believed they were helping the world out by killing them off. This is easily comparable to white people lynching black people back when it was thought that they were like evil animals that didn't deserve any civil rights. Except we don't track down these people that used to lynch blacks and I don't believe anyone ever will. But why not? Is it because it wasn't an organized crime? Was it that not enough people were tortured or killed to track them down? Or was it because it all happened on American soil by American people? I don't know about any of you, but I think the reason is that it happened in America by Americans, and people just don't want to punish their own kind and make America look like any sort of disgrace.
ANYWAYS, I feel really sympathetic towards the old German veterans that are getting convicted of war crimes this many years later.
Shannon Holman, Period 5
What Eli M. Rosenbaum is doing should be giving way more man power, and money than he is getting. He is doing something that the U.S. should have been doing for awhile, and kept doing. I feel that people who just want to "forget" are completely wrong, and is inhuman as the acts that happen.
Ryker Andersen
P. 6
I really do not like the idea of a "Nazi Hunter" because I don't feel like old German officers should be punished for doing what they thought was right for their country. Nazi's grew up believing that Jews were evil and that it was their job to rid the world of this inferior race. Plus, some Nazi's committed crimes for Hitler because they feared that they would be killed if they refused. Overall, i really do not like the idea of a "Nazi Hunter."
Brianna Savaria P.4
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