Persuasive Essay On The Holocaust

The holocaust happened around 80 years ago. Everyone knows what the holocaust is, how it happened, and all of the gruesome details. What is surprising is that some Nazis are still alive from the 1940s. Many of them committed crimes while under orders. Others didn’t. The Nazis should still be persecuted to a point; any that killed or tortured someone should be held guilty to charges on the holocaust. Any who didn’t physically help with the murder do not really need to be persecuted. Nazi soldiers should have charges against them to a point because of age, the crimes they commit, and for the victims. One reason that the ones who did commit serious crimes should have charges against them is that no matter how old they are, they still committed the crime. As CNN said, “They are just as guilty today as the day they committed their crime -- and they do not deserve a prize for eluding justice for so long,” (CNN). The Washington Post also backs this up with “It has to be crystal-clear that persons who commit such crimes will almost certainly be caught and punished,” (TWP). Both news articles say that no matter how old they are, they still committed a crime.

Take Oscar Groing for an example. He was an SS guard that was nicknamed the “...accountant of Auschwitz,” (TWP). His job was to take the money out of the luggage of the prisoners and give it to the SS headquarters in Berlin. The Washington Post also says that the Holocaust, “...’brought a loosening of established law practice’ because the crime lies in having worked as a guard and not a specific act directly involving the accused in the killings,” (TWP). If a soldier took part directly in killing in WWII, then they should have charges put against