86-Year-Old SS Killer Faces Murder Charges
May 14, 2008
Discussion Questions:
- Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wisenthal Center in Jerusalem says, "The passage of time in no way diminishes the guilt of the perpetrator. If we were to set a chronological limit on prosecution we would be saying you could get away with genocide, which is morally outrageous." Do you agree with Zuroff's argument? What is the point of prosecuting an 86-year-old man for crimes committed when he was 33 years old?
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What is the purpose of war crimes trials?
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What does justice mean after horrible atrocities such as the Holocaust?
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To what extent can survivors heal if perpetrators are not tried for the crimes they committed?
