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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Thu Apr 7, 2016, 06:36 PM Apr 2016

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Former Auschwitz guard dies a week before trial was to start

BBC story here

From the article:

Ernst Tremmel was accused of 1,075 counts of accessory to murder for his time working at the death camp in German-occupied Poland.

Tremmel worked at the camp from November 1942 to June 1943.

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Former Auschwitz guard dies a week before trial was to start (Original Post) shenmue Apr 2016 OP

DAMMIT!!!! Do the lawyers still get paid???? Gomez163 Apr 2016 #1

He got off easy then. Solly Mack Apr 2016 #2

Even if he didn't pass away, he'd still be getting off 'easy'. Lancero Apr 2016 #4

Very true. Solly Mack Apr 2016 #5

Figures. Behind the Aegis Apr 2016 #3

Gomez163

(2,039 posts)

1. DAMMIT!!!! Do the lawyers still get paid????

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Thu Apr 7, 2016, 06:40 PM

Apr 2016

Solly Mack

(90,767 posts)

2. He got off easy then.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Thu Apr 7, 2016, 06:43 PM

Apr 2016

Lancero

(3,003 posts)

4. Even if he didn't pass away, he'd still be getting off 'easy'.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 8, 2016, 03:23 AM

Apr 2016

He was being tried as a juvenile, not a adult, due to his age when he was at Auschwitz.

Solly Mack

(90,767 posts)

5. Very true.

Reply to Lancero (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 8, 2016, 09:28 AM

Apr 2016

Behind the Aegis

(53,957 posts)

3. Figures.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Fri Apr 8, 2016, 02:28 AM

Apr 2016

Then again he had his "supporters" whom I am sure are pleased he won't face a trial.

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