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Originally Posted by Equivalence
It did not work for the German army working at Auschwitz and other concentration camps.
However, the rest of the German army, which made the majority of the war, were released on that very basis.
So, to draw a modern analogy: While the Coalition forces in Guantanamo Bay might face a trial, the U.S. forces, in general, would not.
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You must remember they kept what went on in the camps secret except to those working in the camps, and the camps were run by the SS which was considered a separate, higher up organization compared to the regular German military. The majority of the German military and civilian population had no idea what was going on. The SS did an EXTREMELY good job of hiding what they were doing. They did such a good job that when one high ranking jewish man in one of the invaded countries tried to tell the world what was going on, no one believed him untill after millions were already dead because the rest of the world couldnt believe that such a large scale operation existed without leaving behind more evidence.
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