Why have it taken so long to prosecute former Nazi’s, that we still see cases popping up today?
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One of the main reasons was, that after the war, there were barely any people around who weren’t at least passive supporters of the nazis. That meant, any job (that included making and enforcing of law) was very, very likely to be done by a former active nazi or at least a supporter of nazis of some kind. These people were not very likely to prosecute their peers.
When those people slowly made way for a new generation, a lot of evidence had already been lost or largely obscured, which made it hard for those prosecuting.
All in all, it’s hard to right a wrong of those proportions.
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