Talk:Josef Scheungraber

Germany’s Double Standard in War Crimes Trials
"Germany’s avid pursuit of [John] Demjanjuk creates the impression that German authorities are vigilant about prosecuting Nazi war crimes" writes John Rosenthal, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, in Germany’s Double Standard in War Crimes Trials. "But closer consideration of the Scheungraber case shows precisely the opposite to be the case. It reveals the extremely high bar that has been set by German authorities for bringing charges against German suspects in Nazi-era war crimes cases. This high bar contrasts sharply with the extremely low bar that has been used in the case of the [foreign]-born Demjanjuk".

Elsewhere, John Rosenthal has written: "Germany’s pursuit of Demjanjuk creates the impression that Germany is extraordinarily thorough about prosecuting Nazi war crimes. And this indeed must be the point of the exercise — because the reality could hardly be more different.

"Since the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949, the German courts and the German legislature have displayed incredible indulgence toward Nazi war criminals, transforming the territory of the Federal Republic (i.e., from 1949-1990 “West Germany”) into a more or less safe haven for them. The Nazis in question are, however, Germans and hence real Nazis and not merely imaginary ones like John Demjanjuk." Asteriks (talk) 15:04, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

That might possibly be because of the complete and utter whitewashing of large numbers of war crimes carried out by the Allies against German citizens during and after the second world war, particularly by the Russians. Who has ever heard of an allied soldier being prosecuted for war crimes? In any case what is all this nonsense you're on about, the guy has been sentenced hasn't he? No doubt in any other case not to do with WW2, statutes of limitation would be invoked, or old age would be cited for leaving the defendent alone. A 90 year old sent to jail. How ridiculous. 1812ahill (talk) 22:26, 19 September 2009 (UTC)