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the more things change (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 13 points 9 months ago (8 children)

He died in battle and was never prosecuted for his crimes.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    I like to imagine that their thoughts were "damn, maybe this was a bad idea" at the end.

    Except they clearly were incapable of logical reasoning so it's unlikely.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago* (6 children)

    Yeah, most of them never relented. They simply did their best to assimilate back into normal life. Most absolved their consciences by convincing themselves what they'd done was an acceptable part of fighting a war.

    Still, whether it was through Nazi hunters, prosecutions, or family testimonies... their names live on in infamy.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Man you reminded me about Nazi hunting. I forgot that happened. But I don't remember them getting a lot of them.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    There will be people who do not forget and are not content to let them live in peace.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Yeah, I'm surprised that the pursuit continued after the Nuremberg trials. Like Australia found 6.

    The French though? They didn't fuck around. Goddamn lol. 10,000 - 15,000 executions. The US thought it was 80k, and the French minister said 105k, but those numbers are unlikely and the 10k-15k is accepted.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    Not only did most Nazis and fascists not relent, they went on to found far right parties that survive in some form to this day – eg- Italy's FdI is a direct descendant of the original fascist party.

    99% of fascists are not redeemable. Leaving them alive is a mistake.

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