By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
In Germany yesterday a 93 year old was indicted on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder. His name has not been released.
The history is clear. The man was a German guard in the horrific
Nazi death camp Auschwitz which is situated in Southern Poland.
Interestingly, the man does not deny being an Auschwitz guard. His defense is that he was stationed in the camp known as Auschwitz I.
The prosecution agrees. However, they also say that this man, despite being stationed in Auschwitz I, was integrally connected to the selection process which took place at Auschwitz II aka, the infamous Birkenau.
Selection took place immediately upon arrival in Auschwitz II. That is when and where Jews were directed to life or death.
The massive Nazi murder machine with all of its apparatus was in Birkenau - but it was still a part of Auschwitz, as were dozens of smaller camps.
Claiming that he was in one camp instead of another is hardly a defense. Auschwitz was the nerve center of the labyrinth of camps.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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