101-Year-Old Former Nazi Guard Gets 5 Years in Prison
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2022
- A 101-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty for crimes committed as an SS Guard at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Due to German privacy laws, he’s only being identified as Josef S. Prosecutors say he assisted in more than 3,500 murders at Sachsenhausen between 1942 and 1945 when he worked as a watchtower guard. The families of prisoners were there to witness justice. Inside Edition Digital’s Mara Montalbano has more.
101 years old. That’s impressive. He lived 80 years knowing what he had done but it didn’t seem to effect his physical health.
Or maybe it did……
@@ykorr9145 Maybe it did??? He is 101 years old lmao!
Maybe because he did nothing wrong and he knows that.
@@lollipop4163 please delete
Not standing up for him, but you don’t know what he has gone through.
Someone explain why it took so long to lock that guy up. Being 101 years old I'm sure, YOU'VE had pretty of time to make an arrest. 🤦
Just look it up obviously! It was being talked about a bunch a year ago or whatever, if not before that as well. Something like it wasn't realized that's what he had done until recently. Someone reported it once I figured it out or something like that
You put "pretty" instead of "plenty"
A corrupt sector of government that aids and abets global criminals. Heck you were rewarded a career under Operation Paperclip.
Because the world is corrupt and there’s people protecting guys like this ? You where born yesterday or something ?
His identify recently became known?
My Ukrainian great grandfather was most likely captured and forced to be a Holocaust guard. He never talked about it and he definitely was heavily affected by it.
Well look what’s happening to your country Ukraine 🇺🇦
@@clarkabeast8136 dude....
sthu
Oh Hi kyle
@@blueleoz i thought exactly the same
@@clarkabeast8136 tf
He’s 101 years old I don’t think this trial does anything at this point for him he already lived a full life. The 5 years in prison will be no more than if he was in a nursing home
It's a reminder that what he did was wrong and is justice being served to the victims.
@@coochieflipflops2700 they were forced
@@coochieflipflops2700 but the trial is just useless. It waste time and a lot of money for a guy that won't live that long.
@@coochieflipflops2700 I’m sure the victims feel great about a freaking 101 year old man being locked up
In case you can’t tell, that was sarcasm
@@coochieflipflops2700 what he did was wrong"🤓 gen Z kid saying that lmaoo u clearly dont know anything about the war he was forced to do it or else its bye bye its not justice this isnt justice
Dude ain’t even gonna make it to prison, he’s 101 god damn
Free him
@@user-fq2rj4yc6b no
@@RyansArachnids y he did nothing wrong
@@yeanogaming1193 he did wrong like 80 years ago
@ashwi 🦋 and? Cry abt it anime pfp
“Sentenced to 5 years in federal prison.”
“Few weeks doesn’t seem that bad.”
Lol
He will be receiving the same care that he had when he was out. He probably wasn't going any further than the front walk before they picked him up
as a jew, there's no direct proof of him murdering or assistanting anyone, we must learn to not repay evil with evil, let GOD be his only judge
@@snackon9058 Agreed there is no point now he is gonna die next year probably he will pay for his sins in hell.
@@snackon9058 yes god is the ultimate judge in life
83 years ago is when this happened. The man was 18, probably easily impressionable/brainwashed and most likely would've done what he was told by his older more stern adult commanders.
He did what he was told to do, if he refused, do you think they woulda told him "Oh, you don't wanna commit mass murder for your country and leader? Oh that's fine, go home to your family you scamp" Hell no, they'd probably throw him in with everyone else.
He's lived over a century, he's learned alot throughout his life. Does he have any regrets, what is his point of view?
In my opinion, throwing him in jail is not justice. What you have here is a rare opportunity. Let him speak, let him apologize for everything he was apart of. Let him show that not everyone back there participated because they were truly evil. Let people still alive hear his apology and in some way, maybe heal from it. Throwing him in jail helps noone heal.
He was 18, practically still a child and people change as they get older. I know for a fact that I'm not who I was at 18 anymore and I'm sure alot of people aren't either. Just my opinion
The war began in 1939, but continued intil 1945. This man was born in 1921, but I doubt they made him a tower guard at 18 at the very start of the war. Most likely he was in his early to mid 20s. Still young. But even 18 is old enough to know not to mrdr children.
@@MN-zh2vd So he actually executing people or just a tower guard ?
@@MN-zh2vd obviously you know not to kill people at that age, but the point is that he didn't have a choice and was young enough that he probably wouldn't even think to resist. Most people put in that situation would have followed orders out of fear, including yourself. And if you didn't, you'd just be another number to add to the body count. I'd almost go as far as to say the guards were victims as well.
Yep conditioned by the government. The Jewish people were treated awfully by everyone, spat at in the street just by the public because propaganda brainwashed people into thinking that Jewish folk were evil and needed to be eliminated. Putting someone away at 101 for 5 years when you know they won’t outlive their sentence is ludicrous in my opinion. Should’ve been done years prior. Lock the rest of them up in power too.
@@howdoesonesocial SS. Not normal guard. SS. 35,000 victims. Sure, poor fella, just following orders.
DECADES PASSED. I absolutely dont get why he should be imprisoned after all this time at 101 years old.
Exactly
its still a crime no matter the severity...
I agree he almost dead already 🤣
Okay so ur saying any murder cold case in America that gets solved decades later should make the person guilty entitled to not serving his time bc he/she got away and is old now🤦♂️
@@andrewravitz5311 right!
"Oh my god 5 years is way too short of a sentence!!"
*He ain't gonna be alive to finish the whole thing anyway💀*
Then he meets God
Frr
for all we know me or you or anyone here can die later today while him at 101 can go on to complete his sentence and then get out. you never know what can happen
@@debibarrington4697 no he won't...he will straight up go to hell
@@debibarrington4697 u meen satan
For him it’s probably a life sentence with his age
no? Use your brain
@@user-fq2rj4yc6b he will most likely die in the 5 years he’s over 100
Whatchu mean use your brain lmao 🤣 dudes probably gonna live another 2 years so ya basically a life sentence
Forget that, one more year or less and he gone.
@@llfallen0nell884 lol what. He’s 101 he can live longer 💀
Sometimes living that long is a punishment, seeing all your families and friends go before you, even worse when you’re facing judgment by the law.
Did this guy actually kill anyone? Or did he just guard a fence with a gun? It just seems like there is so many factors not being considered.
@@Illiterate243sounds like you're on the killer side
Man I feel sooooo much safer that a 101 year old man is locked up for probably the rest of his life. What brave heroes who arrested him I’m sure they feel so strong after this 😑
That's how it goes. The low-hanging fruit is always the easiest to grasp.
Yeah like cmon let it go its been 80 years
@@jamesonvideos3201 that's not how anything works
Will you let go of a 60 year old murderer if you know he'll only live five more years?
Do you have any idea how devil the SS were! This man is evil
FOR REALLLL.
For the people who feel bad for him, justice hasn’t and won’t actually be served because he got to live a long life. I’m sure he got married had kids and grandkids. The point is it’s on record he participated in the atrocities. Also, I command Germany for everything they’ve done and continue to do in trying to right the wrongs. You can’t change the past but they’ve shown they care about the holocaust victims and their families. The same can’t be said for other countries.
just take a look at south africa and what is happening today you will be shocked to the core
Justice has been served, think about for a sec....all those years thinking you will die a free man but you ll spend your last days alive in prison.
@@wickedvideos4653 and china
Killed a bunch of people
Nobody escapes justice. Either in this life or the one to come criminals like that DO get brought to justice. God sees to that.
As a son of a concentration camp victim and having over 50 of my family sent to various death camps to die, I do not understand this. Sure find him guilty but five years in jail when he is 101 years of age is in my mind incomprehensible. Alternatively, put him through a re-education program so that at least before he dies he understands what he did and the misery it delivered upon his victims but not jail. Anyway, that is my opinion and I am sorry if this may disturb or hurt people reading this.
I totally agree with you
I'm Jewish as well and I totally agree with you
Agreed TBH
💯 makes sense
Re education is not justice tbh
He was just a guard following orders or he probably would have been killed himself lol You don't think American soldiers have killed innocents in the middle east just following orders? should we put them in prison also? It was a different world and a different life. This is cruel and unusual whether he deserves it or not.
Finally a smart person.
I've been saying this for years, glad there is at least one more intelligent being on this planet
exactly
I totally agree with your very well response. There needs to be more people like you.
I don’t think so, this dude never turned himself in and even denied being part of it. let him rot he already lived his life
the sheer amount of brainwashing in this world is overwhelming, that so many people believe this man is some brutal person 'with no remorse for what he did'
do your own research, people. don't get it fed to you like a pet in a cage, and you will see that this man, who tortured nobody and oversaw no torture, is being tortured right now. and ask yourself: what kind of evil manifestation of a human being would put a 101yr old through this.
HORRIBLE.
But he was a guard at concentration camp.
@@lol-de4lo and what's your point?
@@Lee-wg7en he must have harmed someone even if it was his job
@@lol-de4lo forensic evidence of harm done please
@@Lee-wg7en I think we'll be hard pressed to find anything from 80 years ago.
It's just sad that this man lived up to 101 while he prematurely took the lives of many that didn't get to live past their age
Biden will probably give a eulogy for him like he did for the grand wizard of the Klu Klux Klan.
this ^^ 👍
That's Larma or God for you
plz trust and believe he suffered. nightmares is real.
its a reason he is alive...to be haunted by this. dying either by suicide or to death by his own hands is easy imo.
People keep talking about he had 70+ years to rethink his life.
A regretful, and grieving man is someone who acknowledges and admits to what he has done, not hide away thinking he'd never be caught.
He already lived his life when he was watching people in death camps.
Yup
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@ScariestEdgiestHumor Just based off your channel I can tell you're like a mosquito.. you could disappear at any moment and nobody would care
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True, but a lot of the german soldiers had no choice in the matter. Just like today's russian soldiers invading Ukraine. You hear the news reports of many not wanting to fight or kill civilians, but if they don't comply, guess what happens to them...
He got to live a fulfilling life after ‘assisting’ the death of 3,500 others who should have been alive. I feel it’s a good thing that the consequences of his actions have caught up to him no matter how much he has tried to run away, he will likely die in a cold cell, alone with nothing but other criminals accompanying him; it’s justice served
I like this guy
The ignorance is shocking
It serves as a reminder to anyone who participates in evil acts for the sake of "following orders" that you too, at some point, will be held accountable for your actions. A man needs a moral code, without it you become a tool for evil.
@@goldenghost2001 yeah your ignorance is shocking
I wouldn't say justice was served because he got to live 101 years of his life without being sentenced but it's something i guess
This dude was like 15 when he was working at any camp give him a break.
Ikr
I see your point, but I have to disagree...What he did was unforgivable. After all this time, he could have turned himself in. I don't feel sorry for him.
@@zacharyclarke4991He lived a whole life, has a family, probably not even remembers that, let him live the rest of his life theres nothing you can do it's done the ones that were punished at that time were it's too late
Yes, he lived his life and it‘s a hard decision to throw a 101 year old in prison.
But it’s important to show that the laws apply to everyone and a signal against the horrible past.
Edit: I‘m not saying it’s a hard decision to determine if his actions should be punished or not (they definitely should), but to imprison a 101 year old (considering cost and that he won’t live much longer). Although I would clearly decide to put him in prison.
The law doesn't apply to the rich or politicians
his crime "serving his country" yet the winning side is cheered and honored when some of them actually committed terrible acts such as rape.
It's a waste of time and money
Laws apply to everyone? 🤡🖕
Man's 101 wtf is the point
that must be a really good book.
Lmao 😂😂😂😂👍🏼👍🏼nice
😂
@@markoreaper5388 That comment put a smile on me all day😄😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I chuckled out loud
He can’t go to prison for something that happened over 20 years ago
Imagine making an old man who is ashamed of what he was forced to do many years ago live the possible rest of his life inside of a prison
I don’t care
Just beat it
Imagine being tortured to death
@@Thatgirlcodes you make it seem like he had an option, he was forced to do it or else face being killed himself he was forced to serve his country
@@Thatgirlcodes that being said, in no way am I defending his actions what he did was terrible and I'm sure he knows that
I just don't think he had the option to tell his senior officers "this isn't right, I'm not doing this.. I'm going home now" and not expect a public execution.
Exactly every government forces their soldiers to follow orders but all of a sudden they should pick and choose which order to follow not to mention in a tyrannical dictatorship
Exactly he did what most all would have done follow orders or die himself
@@spacerain9004 yeah then you don't do it and killed or sent to prison..
@Luke P.. CZcams hides most comments. I got a notification of your comment and am able to read it in my history but not visible when I click on comments here. Same with the third commenter that just posted a comment. CZcams is a joke with comment hiding and censoring.
@@spacerain9004 So what?
Bro’s not gonna make it
He’s definitely on his way out of here anytime now ⚰️😂
ong
he gonna despawn way before he gets out
ong
Ong bro...
You're punishing someone who was most likely forced to do what he was accused of.
Being forced doesn't excuse the action. We have a choice to make everyday and he made the wrong one.
He wasn't forced to do anything. It was a personal career choice for him
At a 101 years of age, there's no way he's in his right mind. It simply isn't possible that he was ever fit for trial. Nothing about this is justice
This is actually a fair argument, makes me think about it. But you also think of some of the atrocities he must have committed, quite the paradox
@@Leroyyyyyyyeah but he was forced to otherwise he would have been executed
He is reading an Applebees' menu because he heard them say "order in the court."
☠️☠️☠️
And he'll be getting his applebee's everyday in prison!
He’s not reeding Applebees stuplick
@@pooppee8146 H u h
lmfao
On one hand, it's hard to imagine sending a man that is 101 year's old. On the other hand, him being ashamed enough to conceal his own identity for the carnage he helped aid is evident enough that he deserves to live out his final year's all cold and alone. I wish there was a way to go back in time and make him suffer for every life that he took, even then it will never be the justice that is long overdue from monster's like him!
Never said he took any lives tho, and I doubt he did if he was at the watchtower. But ofc he's ashamed, he probably realised what he's done years ago and doesn't want to be remembered by this.
bruh he was forced to serve germany, he was forced to commit these horrible acts. People who didn't listen to germany were killed. It was either kill or have you and maybe even your entire family killed.
Yes
... because you were there to see all the wrongdoing that he's done.. yeah ok
Going back in time to just make him suffer? No I think this is more then enough, he will die alone in shame for what he has done.
These men were under a regime, they had no choice, they either were conscriped or volunteered and serve their duty to the fatherland, as propaganda bosted, do you expect these people to just say "No". They can't disobey orders in a country like this. Morally, they all knew it was wrong, but they couldn't, not do it, or you would be a 'disgrace' or a 'traitor'.
if I was the judge, I would exaggerate tf outta this , 700 yrs in prison 💀😭😭
BRO WOULD DIE BE YOU YOU PUT HIM IN THE CELL 💀💀
Dude got 1 hp left
Bro is literally on half a heart 💀
💀💀
Omfg 😂
give him a regiment of vitamin d, k2 and tocotrienols he will be 45 again!
I apologize but in my honest judgement I sincerely don't see how that is clever, or hilarious not going to lie.
He has like 3 HP left. Very cowardly of these ✡️s to go after someone already defeated.
This takes: "Let's just let it go it's in the past." to a different level.
It’s important to set a precedent so that soldiers in current and future wars take personal responsibility in regard to war crimes.
@@bigheadrhino Exactly
@@bigheadrhino hiyuck hiyuck let’s force this guy into prison 80 years after he has committed his crime (we’re such intelligent liberals 🤓🤓🤓🤓)
@@TheMNrailfan227 huh let’s put the criminal in prison…. Such amazing logic
@@Pikydee He should have been locked up once the war was over, that’s the thing
Wow. I feel soooo much safer with this 101 year old man off the streets and in a jail to die for a camp he guarded almost 80 years ago
It’s about the principal of it
True, I would have tortured him first
@@RubyRedS1ippers I looooove having the government waste tax money just to prove a point
@@dbzfan1117 I mean the guy is part of a mass genocide so I don’t think it’s a waste of money
I don't even see the point. If he was to be punished, it should have been straight after he committed those crimes. Dude is so old now that punishing him now will achieve nothing.
Sending him to prision at an age like that has no point.
there is a point. It's to die shamefully and not having your name honored. even his family would probably be embarrassed to visit his grave
Facts
Slow 🐢 justice system
@@its640am so? Do u say the same for people that were killed by drones?
man
@@its640am he’s definitely going to hell
Trying to dig up someone's past to punish them - ever considered the possibility that he was being forced into these things by the government ? Just shameful
No he wasn't. It was a personal career choice
@@m.r4841 just like the b-29 enola gay crew
I think this is a little to late, to punish a man that out lived almost all the other guards is just trying to look for something that will never really be punishment. He is at his end in life, this is just ridiculous.
Boy…you showed him lol
😂
😂😂😂
He lived his life. So this is basically a life sentence
At that age, he's battling alot already.
Technically he could live to 120. In which case he could live his remaining 14 years after release as a celebrity. Possibly as a game show host. of Jeopardy.
@@bonanzatime bro I bet u a million dollars he won’t be alive at 120 he’s gonna die in the next 5 years guarantee it
"So this is basically a life sentence" "At that age, he's battling alot already."
I’m just curious though, wasn’t he just following orders? Or was he the one who made the decision to murder??
He wanted to be there. It was a personal career choice for him
@@m.r4841 In No way am I saying that I dont think this man is guilty I just think that they should look into the fact that maybe he did not choose to be there. It’s my understanding that toward the end of the war people were refusing to go because they knew what was expected of them. The following information I copied from Wikipedia;
Recruitment for the Wehrmacht was accomplished through voluntary enlistment and conscription, with 1.3 million being drafted and 2.4 million volunteering in the period 1935-1939. The total number of soldiers who served in the Wehrmacht during its existence from 1935 to 1945 is believed to have approached 18.2 million.
@@m.r4841 proof?
@@dogelife9000the SS was made up of volunteers. Plenty of camp guards quit- he didn’t. He chose to stay
Whatever he used to hide his face reminds me of those dividers the teacher use to give us when we’re taking a test
I honestly wouldn't even bother sentencing him
Dude is already on death's door
no?
but then that sets a precedent that you won't get punished for 3,500 counts of murder as long as you're old
@@user-fq2rj4yc6b he is most likely living w/ guilt. Putting a 5 year sentence doesn’t just hurt him, a huge fine would be better
He just hasn't knocked on death's door yet.
@@omarfudd if he felt guilty he would turn himself in
As someone who knows alot about it and has lived many years in germany all i can say is:crimes like that don't age.
There were people who had it bad for refusing to roll with this but they still rather did that than commiting that type of crimes.
I mean Bill Cosby isn't getting defended he is still getting hated which he should,but this man is getting defended=fucked up world.
No, fkd up world is Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein Gislane Maxwell and the people who support them.
FTJ to Hell
Bill Cosby is out of jail, though.
I saw black people making videos defending Bill cosby they said he's innocent, which is nothing but their bias towards their kind.
Definitely agree, but it’s not like he’s gonna last long in a prison at 101.
And nobody is defending the GoldenState killer either, not sure why this guy is getting defended
Life is mysterious he is getting punished at 101 for what he did many decades ago. I am happy justice is being served.
Justice isn’t being served
He lived all these decades knowing what he did
Imagine going to prison at 101 years old.
Wow, I feel much safer with a 101 year old man in prison...
Okay yeah so just let him live without punishment right ???
@@TheDroneRookie4 What's the old man going to learn during his sentence? Why waste money and time sentencing someone who is not even a danger to the public anymore?
@@TheDroneRookie4 yeah that is right
@@bastardhyena7882 He still should be punished. If he willingly went to work in a concentration camp (mind you, guards would often torture and kill prisoners, they didn't "just watch" like many ignorant idiots claim in this comment section) then he is obviously a danger to society and a sadistic scumbag. I don't care if he is 100 or 40, he deserves to be punished and he could potentially hurt others even at his old age.
@@bastardhyena7882 "to make a example of something that happened 60 years ago and highly likely to not happen again"
It's so hard to have a moral decision on this....It makes me sick thinking about it. 101 yr old man going to prison for 5 years? He pays for his crimes, sure, but what good does it do now? He already got to live his earlier years consequence free.
it's mainly to show that you can't get away with this Scott free, you will be found out and you will get some sort of punishment
There’s not a lot of time for someone to go to jail as 101 is n 5 years he will probably be dead
@@hehe-ov5xy yea but he did, for years.
Really😐
@@hehe-ov5xy 101 I doubt he makes it to 102…not sure if this is true justice
American soldiers marched my great grandmother who was a civilian across German soil to make sure they were to die first if landmines were present so where is the justice for them? These were all orders that they were given and to sentence a dying man in to prison for something he more than likely regrets is only hurting his family and friends. I couldn't imagine have to visit my 94 year old great granmother in prison.
how is he gonna get arrested for something he did YEARS AGO💀
At this point it’s not even justice anymore, it’s just revenge.
Facts
Yes
And I'm okay with that.
understandable, have a nice day
Dude willingly joined and his crimes went unanswered for 80 years, he escorted Jewish prisoners to the gas chambers. Do your own research before making up your conclusions.
I don't care if he has to be in jail or not. At this age, he is trapped in his body anyway. All I want to know is he accepted that what he did was very wrong and he is truely sorry about it. For someone, they never accept thier mistake until the day they die. That's sad.
Right, I think so too
Accepted**
Lol learn to spell first
Can you use proper grammar and learn how to spell
Well it's nice you accept that but for all the Jews he helped kill it's unacceptable.
This shows that everything you do does come to light
My mans reading that ww2 history book, one last time before prison
That's what I call justice...not.
???
@@Sassysephardi because I'm sure he was probably charged before
But being charged at 101 years old
Is quite unnecessary
Dude deserved to rot in prison 70 years ago. Now this is just a waste of money and time.
@@imathreat209 exactly he should have just stayed in prison before
Now it's just more space wasted
yall keep crying for this old man hear this emmet till murdere is now on warrant to be prosecuted?? do you still believe that "they're too old leave them alone"
Yes he's 101 years old but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remember that he LiVED this long unlike the people that were GASSED!!! Tortured murdered worked to death, starved, disease, beaten, raped, hypothermia, heat and cold injuries, work injuries and who knows what else!! Absolutely no sympathy for him whatsoever!! Think about the lives that were taken that NEVER had a chance and didn't survive!! Most people have no idea what people during the Holocaust endured!!!
its not like the japanese or even the allies were much better
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I agree, I think it’s great that he’s going to jail.
This new is crazy.
He is having such a long life… But then one day when you think you’ve fooled everyone, here that they come and get you….
I would have give him life sentence, but maybe they think that he can’t live more than 5 years.
@@Letizia2810 bro he was a watch tower guard. He didn’t gas anyone (at least that’s not what he’s being jailed for)
@@yeoldeseawitch Fr
Lmfao “justice” served hot and fresh everybody, 3500 murders and 5 years only
Bro got life time in prison💀
This guy literally poses zero threat to society anymore
him being in prison will use up valuable resources
Facts
Still a murderer just got old thats all
Yeah but he's being jailed for murders he did in the past
3,000 people killed but "Oh hes old now so let him die peacefully"
He repeatedly denied doing those things but some how they can prove you did all these years later. Just makes you wonder what proof is still around all these years later. 🤔
Hmmm like wooden doors?
Maybe because the military has insanely accurate records of basically everything that happens, including names, ranks, locations, literally anything dude 😂
@@thesuburbanfisherman3652 but no records or orders of actual gazingz hmmmm curious
@@average_psyop_enjoyer if you're so convinced it didn't happen, go into the archives they have. Look at the archives they have. Visit concentration camps like Auschwitz Birkenau
@@HKBH736 hmmmmm not saying nothing happened that’s silly, but gaz and 6 mil? Idk about that buddy
We preach peace and mercy, especially to a 101 year-old-man… like bro. Just crazy how this is happening to him
Not really. Actions have consequences
WW2 seems like a far distance past, but it’s recent enough for there to be living people who experienced the horrors of war.
I guess this shows that no matter what, consequences will always catch up to you regardless of your age. The thought that this man lived past average mortality in normalcy, while his victims couldn't is honestly injustice itself. Spending his possibly last years of his life in prison barely comes close to sum up the years those victims couldn't even have the privilege to live. Its a really really cold fate for someone so old, but you have to remember that the sin of genocide _has no expiration._
His victims? He was a young soldier in his early 20s forced to work there
So, when will Israel or China and all their military members be convicted of their crimes?
Wasn't he a watch tower guard so he didn't kill anyone just a look out
@@tasimasisamoa1766 It's called war. That's what they do in wartime. Kill people.
@@tasimasisamoa1766 I mean is standing watch really assisting if he was just some low level watch tower guard I don't really see the point if he directly did stuff they should put him life long in prison
The people prosecuting him were not even alive during the time he was committing his crimes... this is stupid on a whole new level.. and waste of public funds
Guess it's a good thing it's in Germany and not here
Also they’re ancestors would’ve have been killed regardless of this man. Because the atrocities committed during the holocaust were committed by the state not any one person. They just want someone to pin all these murders on they don’t care about justice.
@Rivka Herzog What about the people that took native american lands? The people who invaded iraq and ruined the lives of many civillians? Maybe there is an exception after all.
( I am not defending the german guard )
@@baharchange The people who invaded Iraq did so in order to kill terrorists, who were oppressing their own civilians.
>get drafted
>get arrested for crimes against humanity 80 years later
The SS were volunteers
@@lucia4916 ok and? We don’t prosecute the people who systematically genocided Russians during ww2
Whats the point of this sentence? The man got to live a Full life, and sentence him now for what?
Gotta say I love that he’s wearing striped pajamas. Feels like poetic justice.
U been served 🥞
People dont wear striped pajamas anymore
@@impulseelectrobrine1259.....it's what most of his victims wore in concentration camps
@@ninab.4540 yeah 80 years ago
@@impulseelectrobrine1259 clearly you dont understand
It's always people like this who live to be 100+ years old! Kind, loving, and gentle people seem to always die young. SMH! 🤦♂️
“Sell your soul to the devil and you’ll live forever”
@@cryptiic1859 I never heard that saying, interesting.
That really shows what kind of person is the best
There's a saying in Spanish , bad weeds never die
Was this guy evil? He was on the bad side indeed, but he was just working a lowkey job in the watchtowers.
let the past be, he’s old and it’s old news
The man already lived a full life , keep him on endless life support, and torture him , and when he dies, revive him and start over
Sometimes have to wonder, How, must it feel for these people to live such long lives knowing what they did? They always try hiding all the misdeeds and what they’ve done, However at the end they always get caught.
He was just a watch tower guard
@@pooferfish2850 and? He still assisted them
@@backlawa7527 He had no choice, if he defected, he would have been executed, and even if he did, another person would have replaced him.
@@pooferfish2850 Yeah this just shows you how much pride we have that we're wasting money on a 100 year old dude who probably didn't even have a choice in who he served. Dude's gonna die any day and we're wasting money having him in a prison. Like he's a threat now.
@@backlawa7527 He had no choice, be watch tower or join the Eastern front. They serve their country. At the closing years of the war, it doesn't really matter who's bad or good to them. It their country at stake.
Bro I feel so much safer knowing that a 100 year old is in prison
I’m being sarcastic
Exactly like we should feel so protected😍
Am still wondering how they tracked him down
my question is why prosecute him now nearly 77 years later after WW2 ended
To the brave German soldiers that attempted to do something and got treated as prisoners. I salute you 🫡
They also probably just got killed. Not defending him, but I imagine many soldiers knew what they were doing was wrong and wanted to stop, but feared the consequences. Hard to say, even when facing death, that you wouldn’t work the guard tower of a murder camp. Sounds bad, but I’m just saying survival is our number one instinct. Makes those brave defectors all that more commendable.
Tf
????????
@@YehudiNimol don’t even know what bro means guess they talking about the ones who wanted to leave the German Army but feared consequences ig
@@tommy7467 yes 👍🏼 as a Marine we were at Camp Pendleton California out in the field and these illegals were luckily seen before we started our live fire, myself and two other Marines spoke Spanish and we escorted them off the base. I was a Corporal and the 2 nd lieutenant wanted to make a name for himself and contact border patrol, we told him that a checkpoint was two miles away on interstate 5, we could have been court martialed for disobedience but we 3 took the chance. The look of terror on those kids seeing Marines with camo paint on faces just couldn't allow it.
This is not justice, this is a graduation ceremony for that old man.
Lmaooooo
😭
My man got a life sentence💀
Unbelievable.
I'd love to talk to this guy, or for him to be interviewed (which lets face it, he would never agree to. He is still denying he was even a guard there.)
But just to l know how he has lived with this his whole life. Has he ever felt remorse? Is he still denying any participation because of shame or because he he believes he did no wrong doing? Did he bury the memories and just get on with his life or have the memories come back to haunt him in his life and his dreams throughout his long life? So many questions we will never know.
I believe he will have to answer for this one day not in this life, so no amount of hiding his face or denying guilt will help him when that day comes.
While everyone else is making snap judgements, and claiming they all know what is right, you have, by a landslide , shown the most intelligence of anyone here. "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” ― Socrates. Wanting to speak to your "enemy" and understand them, rather than to destroy and punish, is a noble and wise choice. I also wish we could know those answers and I agree that, sadly, we never will.
@@reginaphalange4182 Thankyou very much for your comment. You've just made me feel a little better about myself today. It's been a hard week so something as 'small,' as your comment means alot.
@@loobylouboti You're Welcome. I meant every word.✌️
no he is crealry denying that because he doesn't want to go prison which most people would probably do (or he actually is innocent)
If he refused to do what he was told wouldn't he have been killed back then
I am so confused, why would he be killed? I don't know the situation somebody help me!!!
They would basically have their human rights stripped away.
@@hehehehaw3578 Im bad at researching but i think its basically if they refused to be an SS guard and failed to kill during the war than they would have threat to life/Limb(s) or loved ones/family members could be put in danger
@@blessedfox9751 so he basically has no fault? He only tried to live...
@@hehehehaw3578 yes i believe so
He tried to play with Legos but the age range is 4-99
Bruh come on, he's 101 years old. There's no point in putting him in jail because he doesn't have that much longer to live.
His jail is an empty room with nothing but the dying wails of his victims waiting for him to die. Oh yes, he deserves it.
Its crazy how the good die young and people like him live this long😒
Yea like princess diane
Because he’s good lol
i mean he didnt really have a choice
Like he has a choice to start with, my dude is probably grateful he's only a watch tower guard.
Cuz he suck the life out he's victime's
He barley has any life left in him 😭
Still has more life in him than the 3500 people he helped to murder.
Ya also those Jews but he didn't seem to care
Yeah that couldn't have gone much better for him getting charged at 101 y/o lol he did pretty good
@@abdulcisse4381 they woulda been dead by now anyway
@@impulseelectrobrine1259 not all them some were like 2 year olds
As a person who has a great great grandpa heinrish if I spelled it correctly but he was a stow away to escaped the world wars and I'm thankful for it
I'm just a kid but before I started the video, I went for a quick research about the Holocaust. I was surprised at how much I learned from that quick Google search. It made me appreciate history more.
@retarded I mean it's recorded in history and there's built a memorial for those Jews, I guess yes. Why do you ask? I wanna know why
To the people who say “He was just following orders”: yes, he was just following orders, yet he did nothing afterwards to bring himself to justice or acknowledge the atrocities he committed while “following orders”. He hid, pretending to live as though he never was part of the atrocity; even though he may be close to death anyway, justice must be served and in this case, him being in a jail cell will contribute to the time he has to contemplate all those people’s lives he took. Even so, perhaps he will repent for his crimes before he dies.
He was following his government, punished for following your Government at the time, nice "Justice" Germany. And he was just a life guard most people at the time were forced to become guards there or if not they would be killed, he didn't kill anybody.
Free Palestine. 100 years from now We'll see Israelis go into jail like this
if he lived by the sword following orders he should die by it too!
@@prefix4889 his role definitely would not fit the job description of a life guard
Your not a German soldier in ww2 you have no idea what was happening behind closed doors if he brought himself forward he could of been targeted by german government for potentially giving away anything
Crimes should never "prescribe". You've committed a crime, you must pay for it. Feeling sorry for this man is feeling sorry for a criminal who has done horrible things.
You a wrong
@@TinyBearTim "you a wrong"
Criminals have a choice, this guy was following orders to keep his family safe dont be stupid
Well it's the German government that made him do it. Now the same government is arresting him. Ridiculous
You wouldn't happen to be jewish would you
What's he gonna do at 101, probably has dementia, but yeah I get why they do this
No matter your age, you can’t run from justice. People say this isn’t right for the 101 man, would you say the same (hypothetically) to a serial killer who’s also 100 years old and wasn’t found until now? Would say their murder ‘doesn’t count’ and they’re too old for prison?
Nah this sentence is useless. Saying no back then was impossible, disobedience meant a bullet in the head. People were brainwashed and threatened with the death of their own families. I‘m not excusing his actions but I‘m saying they had no choice whatsoever. Forgiven but not forgotten.
I don't think he deserves this, people in that time had to follow orders or they would die. Even if they were guards, that was a terrible time for everyone.
Yes, I don't know why they're wasting energy, the guy is just a husk of shell now.
I’m sure the family of the holocaust survivors would disagree
He does deserve this.
I love how direct victims can forgive him but other people cant
Yeah, but he had 70+ years to turn himself in, he didn’t and tried to act as if he wasn’t there or did that, now that makes him guilty no matter what.
Damn. He lived an entire life without getting caught.
Lol
lucky at this point
Fr he got away with it 💀
How did he get away with it? How did people find out about him?
This is not ok.
Why?
Blud can't explain why because he/she is the one who's protection a gas chamber providing many family to have a good time in a hot place
It’s crazy how he was born in 1921. That guy has literally scene society evolve, change in moral standards and has seen change in the “good” and “evil” concepts
That’s crazy
Not to mention change in MAJOR LAWS. But that’s nothing compared to what I just listed
Do you mean seen?
@@supertpguner5485 MINOR SPELLING MISTAKE
I AUTOMATICALLY LOSE THE DEBATE
Justice was due for him that's all
Haha he's gonna die alone 🤣🤣🤣
He’s 101 for god sake’s, he’s not even going to make it two years into that prison with the proper care that he needs as an elderly man. But also I understand that he was wrong and will have to pay the consequences for his actions
Oh well too bad so sad.
Just don’t be evil! That’s not hard.
Your sins always come back to haunt you.
That’s all his fault. He should rot!
Wish they would've caught him sooner but at least he gets to die alone in prison
As long as you understand
So, let him suffer. He is a war criminal.
Honestly I get why but he’s 101. He probably needs hospice and doesn’t even know where he’s at or who he is half the time.
My mom's grandma is 110 years old and this man I can't-
waste of prison space, what's the point of putting him in prison