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Netherlands Asks Germany to Arrest Former SS Officers (Germany protecting them)
Bloomberg ^
| July 04 2003
| AFP
Posted on 07/04/2003 9:35:02 AM PDT by knighthawk
Edited on 07/19/2004 2:11:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner asked Germany to arrest six former Schutzstaffel officers convicted of war crimes in the Netherlands and ensure they serve life-long prison terms, Agence France-Presse reported.
The Dutch-born men, now all in their eighties, were sentenced to death in their absence by Dutch courts, the news agency said. The penalty was later reduced to life-long imprisonment. All of them were members of the SS elite unit in the Netherlands during its occupation by Nazi Germany between 1940 and 1945, AFP said. After the war, they fled to Germany, which granted them German citizenship, AFP said.
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TOPICS: Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: germany; netherlands; ssofficers
After the war, they fled to Germany, which granted them German citizenshipHow nice of them, giving war criminals a place to stay.
What's next? Will they give Saddam German citizenship too?
BTW, mr. Berlusconi, here are some nazi's for you, protected by the German state. Maybe Schultz could explaint it all.
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posted on
07/04/2003 9:35:20 AM PDT
by
knighthawk
(We all want to touch a rainbow, but singers and songs will never change it alone. We are calling you)
Comment #3 Removed by Moderator
To: knighthawk
Keep in mind the Netherlands are being run by a conservative party now (as an aftershock of the Fortuyn assassination), so... how can I put this? It might not be a complete coincidence that they are asking the German gov't to do this at this specific time.
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posted on
07/04/2003 9:41:26 AM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: xm177e2
Well, more or less conservative. More center-right.
The whole affair started rolling after a team of journalists tracked them down, proving they were still alive. The government at the time (socialists/liberals) didn't really put pressure on the Germans, sparking outrage. I guess the new government wants to show people they are really wanting to make changes.
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posted on
07/04/2003 9:45:10 AM PDT
by
knighthawk
(We all want to touch a rainbow, but singers and songs will never change it alone. We are calling you)
To: knighthawk
Have the Dutch done this to exhonerate Berlusconi and embarass Germany on the heels of his off-hand remark?
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posted on
07/04/2003 10:39:46 AM PDT
by
ffusco
(Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
To: setcapt
Ah yeah. You're the one that says my wife is a Nazi.
To: ffusco
No, this case is on for a while now, But there is a brand new Dutch government installed a few weeks back who want to get things rolling.
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posted on
07/04/2003 4:56:10 PM PDT
by
knighthawk
(We all want to touch a rainbow, but singers and songs will never change it alone. We are calling you)
To: knighthawk
Thanks.
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posted on
07/05/2003 6:20:18 AM PDT
by
ffusco
(Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
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