[neverevergiveup]

I agree with you. During the war, Daimler-Benz made aircraft engines and vehicles for the German army. They used forced labor, including concentration camp prisoners and prisoners of war.

What happened to those in charge of those factories, and the higher management who approved of and oversaw this? These were adults who were supporting and profiting from the Nazis. I’m not saying we should be going after all of them (if any are still alive), but if not them then why someone who was a teenager when involuntarily forced into the SS?

[Eleutheria5]

On the other hand, the SS were elites. I believe he was forced into the Wehrmacht, but to join the SS you had to have distinctions.

[Jim Noble]

Hugo Boss has a very nice store on the Champs Elysees in Paris (I was there two weeks ago), and those black SS uniforms WERE fabulous.

I cannot comprehend what punishing this poor old man can accomplish while Daimler-Benz, Krupp, and Hugo Boss rake in billions.

[dfwgator]

How Albert Speer didn’t hang with the rest of the criminals was beyond me.

[hanamizu]

These were adults who were supporting and profiting from the Nazis.

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That was (in my opinion) a big part of the Nazis’ draw—making money. All of the top Nazis died very wealthy. Even those in the middle stood to make lots of money. Running factories with slave labor yields big profits.