The Holocaust: Difference between revisions

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{{Quote|The Holocaust is very much alive. The wounds are still there. The scars are still there. The influence is still there.|Avner Shalev}}After all the concentration camps were liberated by the Americans, British/Canadians, and the Soviets; most of highest members of the Nazi party and the SS were standing on trial in the Nuremberg trials. Many that were involved in the Holocaust were sentenced to death for [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]], only a few were sentenced to prison, for example [[Karl Dönitz]], [[Albert Speer]] and [[Rudolf Hess]] (who committed suicide in Spandau Prison in 1987 at age 93.)

Other Nazis that were involved in the genocide, such as [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]], committed suicide before they even got to trial; others such as [[Amon Göth]] were captured and put into Soviet labor camps or were executed.

Other Nazis that were involved in the genocide, such as [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]], committed suicide before they even got to trial; others such as [[Amon Göth]] were captured and put into Soviet labor camps or were executed. Still others, such as [[Adolf Eichmann]], [[Franz Stangl]], and [[Klaus Barbie]], remained on the lam for decades before being captured.

Some Nazis were able to evade capture entirely~~, the most~~ notable ~~being [[Adolf Eichmann]], [[Josef Mengele]], [[Martin Bormann]], and [[Heinrich Müller]]~~:

Some Nazis were able to evade capture entirely. Here are several notable Nazis who were never captured:

*Eichmann would be captured in South America by the Israeli Mossad decades later. He was hanged for [[crimes against humanity]] at Ayalon Prison in Ramla, Israel in 1962.

*Mengele managed to stay in hiding and died in Brazil in 1979 without ever facing justice.

*[[Josef Mengele]] managed to stay in hiding and died in Brazil in 1979 without ever facing justice.

*Bormann would die shortly after the war ended but his remains would go unidentified for three decades. It is believed that he was killed by Soviet troops as he tried to flee Berlin.

*[[Martin Bormann]] would die shortly after the war ended but his remains would go unidentified for three decades. It is believed that he was killed by Soviet troops as he tried to flee Berlin.

*Müller vanished completely and was never seen alive again; his ultimate fate remains unknown to this day.

*[[Heinrich Müller]] vanished completely and was never seen alive again; his ultimate fate remains unknown to this day.

*[[Alois Brunner]] fled into [[exile]] in the Middle East, first going to Egypt then later to Syria, where he was allegedly protected by President [[Hafez al-Assad]], and then by [[Bashar al-Assad]] when he succeeded Hafez. He died either in 2001 or 2010.

*[[Aribert Heim]] settled in Cairo, Egypt and lived there in hiding until his death in 1992.

==Legacy==

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 {{Quote|The Holocaust is very much alive. The wounds are still there. The scars are still there. The influence is still there.|Avner Shalev}}After all the concentration camps were liberated by the Americans, British/Canadians, and the Soviets; most of highest members of the Nazi party and the SS were standing on trial in the Nuremberg trials. Many that were involved in the Holocaust were sentenced to death for [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]], only a few were sentenced to prison, for example [[Karl Dönitz]], [[Albert Speer]] and [[Rudolf Hess]] (who committed suicide in Spandau Prison in 1987 at age 93.)
-Other Nazis that were involved in the genocide, such as [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]], committed suicide before they even got to trial; others such as [[Amon Göth]] were captured and put into Soviet labor camps or were executed.
+Other Nazis that were involved in the genocide, such as [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]], committed suicide before they even got to trial; others such as [[Amon Göth]] were captured and put into Soviet labor camps or were executed. Still others, such as [[Adolf Eichmann]], [[Franz Stangl]], and [[Klaus Barbie]], remained on the lam for decades before being captured.
-Some Nazis were able to evade capture entirely, the most notable being [[Adolf Eichmann]], [[Josef Mengele]], [[Martin Bormann]], and [[Heinrich Müller]]:
+Some Nazis were able to evade capture entirely. Here are several notable Nazis who were never captured:
 *Eichmann would be captured in South America by the Israeli Mossad decades later. He was hanged for [[crimes against humanity]] at Ayalon Prison in Ramla, Israel in 1962.
-*Mengele managed to stay in hiding and died in Brazil in 1979 without ever facing justice.
+*[[Josef Mengele]] managed to stay in hiding and died in Brazil in 1979 without ever facing justice.
-*Bormann would die shortly after the war ended but his remains would go unidentified for three decades. It is believed that he was killed by Soviet troops as he tried to flee Berlin.
+*[[Martin Bormann]] would die shortly after the war ended but his remains would go unidentified for three decades. It is believed that he was killed by Soviet troops as he tried to flee Berlin.
-*Müller vanished completely and was never seen alive again; his ultimate fate remains unknown to this day.
+*[[Heinrich Müller]] vanished completely and was never seen alive again; his ultimate fate remains unknown to this day.
+*[[Alois Brunner]] fled into [[exile]] in the Middle East, first going to Egypt then later to Syria, where he was allegedly protected by President [[Hafez al-Assad]], and then by [[Bashar al-Assad]] when he succeeded Hafez. He died either in 2001 or 2010.
+*[[Aribert Heim]] settled in Cairo, Egypt and lived there in hiding until his death in 1992.
 ==Legacy==