Re: Auschwitz book-keeper Groening sentenced to four years
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Originally Posted by Damien
The same way the people who loaded the trains or drove them are responsible. They're accessories to the process. They knew what the purpose of their jobs was.
These camps were organised and industrious. It required more than just the killers themselves to operate. The whole idea, especially towards the end, was to kill as many people as efficiently as possible. They needed a lot of people to do this and make it work.
Doesn't make a difference. Believe it or not that are many times that you can empathise with people who have done bad things but that doesn't absolve anyone of complicity. I think many people would have done the same as him but they would still be reasonable for it.
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I put it to you it makes a hell of a lot of difference, it's very easy for you to sit in an ivory tower and pontificate and cast judgement. I suspect if you were placed in the same situation it would sharp change.
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