American and Canadian Media rarely miss an opportunity to give
prominent coverage to Holocaust stories, so their silence on the recent
conviction of the so-called Bookkeeper of Auschwitz is notable. The
reason might be the stunning implication of this conviction, which
validated criminalizing all members of a state military organization
that committed crimes against humanity, regardless of the personal lack
of involvement.
Oskar Gröning is a 94-year old German who came to public attention ten years ago when he appeared in a BBC documentary to refute Holocaust deniers; as a former member of the SS, he verified the existence of the Auschwitz gas chambers. Gröning, a trained bank clerk, had joined the SS as a 20-year old in September 1942; he was assigned to remove the luggage from the loading ramps of the train station at the Auschwitz- Birkenau camp and to count the bank notes in the luggage and send them to the Reich security office in Berlin. Gröning was not accused of any violence against those incarcerated.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-conviction-of-the-bookkeeper-of-auschwitz-complicity-in-the-deaths-of-300000-holocaust-victims/5465484
Oskar Gröning is a 94-year old German who came to public attention ten years ago when he appeared in a BBC documentary to refute Holocaust deniers; as a former member of the SS, he verified the existence of the Auschwitz gas chambers. Gröning, a trained bank clerk, had joined the SS as a 20-year old in September 1942; he was assigned to remove the luggage from the loading ramps of the train station at the Auschwitz- Birkenau camp and to count the bank notes in the luggage and send them to the Reich security office in Berlin. Gröning was not accused of any violence against those incarcerated.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-conviction-of-the-bookkeeper-of-auschwitz-complicity-in-the-deaths-of-300000-holocaust-victims/5465484