101-Year-Old Former Nazi Guard Gets 5 Years in Prison 

101 years old. That’s impressive. He lived 80 years knowing what he had done but it didn’t seem to effect his physical health.

Someone explain why it took so long to lock that guy up. Being 101 years old I'm sure, YOU'VE had pretty of time to make an arrest. 🤦

My Ukrainian great grandfather was most likely captured and forced to be a Holocaust guard. He never talked about it and he definitely was heavily affected by it.

He’s 101 years old I don’t think this trial does anything at this point for him he already lived a full life. The 5 years in prison will be no more than if he was in a nursing home

Dude ain’t even gonna make it to prison, he’s 101 god damn

"Oh my god 5 years is way too short of a sentence!!" *He ain't gonna be alive to finish the whole thing anyway💀*

DECADES PASSED. I absolutely dont get why he should be imprisoned after all this time at 101 years old.

83 years ago is when this happened. The man was 18, probably easily impressionable/brainwashed and most likely would've done what he was told by his older more stern adult commanders. He did what he was told to do, if he refused, do you think they woulda told him "Oh, you don't wanna commit mass murder for your country and leader? Oh that's fine, go home to your family you scamp" Hell no, they'd probably throw him in with everyone else. He's lived over a century, he's learned alot throughout his life. Does he have any regrets, what is his point of view? In my opinion, throwing him in jail is not justice. What you have here is a rare opportunity. Let him speak, let him apologize for everything he was apart of. Let him show that not everyone back there participated because they were truly evil. Let people still alive hear his apology and in some way, maybe heal from it. Throwing him in jail helps noone heal. He was 18, practically still a child and people change as they get older. I know for a fact that I'm not who I was at 18 anymore and I'm sure alot of people aren't either. Just my opinion

“Sentenced to 5 years in federal prison.” “Few weeks doesn’t seem that bad.”

For the people who feel bad for him, justice hasn’t and won’t actually be served because he got to live a long life. I’m sure he got married had kids and grandkids. The point is it’s on record he participated in the atrocities. Also, I command Germany for everything they’ve done and continue to do in trying to right the wrongs. You can’t change the past but they’ve shown they care about the holocaust victims and their families. The same can’t be said for other countries.

Sometimes living that long is a punishment, seeing all your families and friends go before you, even worse when you’re facing judgment by the law.

He was just a guard following orders or he probably would have been killed himself lol You don't think American soldiers have killed innocents in the middle east just following orders? should we put them in prison also? It was a different world and a different life. This is cruel and unusual whether he deserves it or not.

For him it’s probably a life sentence with his age

As a son of a concentration camp victim and having over 50 of my family sent to various death camps to die, I do not understand this. Sure find him guilty but five years in jail when he is 101 years of age is in my mind incomprehensible. Alternatively, put him through a re-education program so that at least before he dies he understands what he did and the misery it delivered upon his victims but not jail. Anyway, that is my opinion and I am sorry if this may disturb or hurt people reading this.

Man I feel sooooo much safer that a 101 year old man is locked up for probably the rest of his life. What brave heroes who arrested him I’m sure they feel so strong after this 😑

the sheer amount of brainwashing in this world is overwhelming, that so many people believe this man is some brutal person 'with no remorse for what he did' do your own research, people. don't get it fed to you like a pet in a cage, and you will see that this man, who tortured nobody and oversaw no torture, is being tortured right now. and ask yourself: what kind of evil manifestation of a human being would put a 101yr old through this. HORRIBLE.

It's just sad that this man lived up to 101 while he prematurely took the lives of many that didn't get to live past their age

People keep talking about he had 70+ years to rethink his life. A regretful, and grieving man is someone who acknowledges and admits to what he has done, not hide away thinking he'd never be caught. He already lived his life when he was watching people in death camps.

He got to live a fulfilling life after ‘assisting’ the death of 3,500 others who should have been alive. I feel it’s a good thing that the consequences of his actions have caught up to him no matter how much he has tried to run away, he will likely die in a cold cell, alone with nothing but other criminals accompanying him; it’s justice served

Imagine making an old man who is ashamed of what he was forced to do many years ago live the possible rest of his life inside of a prison

Yes, he lived his life and it‘s a hard decision to throw a 101 year old in prison. But it’s important to show that the laws apply to everyone and a signal against the horrible past. Edit: I‘m not saying it’s a hard decision to determine if his actions should be punished or not (they definitely should), but to imprison a 101 year old (considering cost and that he won’t live much longer). Although I would clearly decide to put him in prison.

that must be a really good book.

He can’t go to prison for something that happened over 20 years ago

He is reading the hell outta his folder being that close to his face 😂

I just don't think he had the option to tell his senior officers "this isn't right, I'm not doing this.. I'm going home now" and not expect a public execution.

Bro’s not gonna make it

Dude got 1 hp left

I don't even see the point. If he was to be punished, it should have been straight after he committed those crimes. Dude is so old now that punishing him now will achieve nothing.

This takes: "Let's just let it go it's in the past." to a different level.

On one hand, it's hard to imagine sending a man that is 101 year's old. On the other hand, him being ashamed enough to conceal his own identity for the carnage he helped aid is evident enough that he deserves to live out his final year's all cold and alone. I wish there was a way to go back in time and make him suffer for every life that he took, even then it will never be the justice that is long overdue from monster's like him!

I’m just curious though, wasn’t he just following orders? Or was he the one who made the decision to murder??

You're punishing someone who was most likely forced to do what he was accused of.

He is reading an Applebees' menu because he heard them say "order in the court."

Slow 🐢 justice system

Unbelievable.

Whatever he used to hide his face reminds me of those dividers the teacher use to give us when we’re taking a test

Sending him to prision at an age like that has no point.

Bro is literally on half a heart 💀

He lived..

He tried to play with Legos but the age range is 4-99

He lived his life. So this is basically a life sentence

Boy…you showed him lol

let the past be, he’s old and it’s old news

Trying to dig up someone's past to punish them - ever considered the possibility that he was being forced into these things by the government ? Just shameful

I honestly wouldn't even bother sentencing him Dude is already on death's door

Wow, I feel much safer with a 101 year old man in prison...

He was trying to hide his face then we saw some of it at the end lol

American soldiers marched my great grandmother who was a civilian across German soil to make sure they were to die first if landmines were present so where is the justice for them? These were all orders that they were given and to sentence a dying man in to prison for something he more than likely regrets is only hurting his family and friends. I couldn't imagine have to visit my 94 year old great granmother in prison.

As someone who knows alot about it and has lived many years in germany all i can say is:crimes like that don't age. There were people who had it bad for refusing to roll with this but they still rather did that than commiting that type of crimes. I mean Bill Cosby isn't getting defended he is still getting hated which he should,but this man is getting defended=fucked up world.

That's what I call justice...not.

At a 101 years of age, there's no way he's in his right mind. It simply isn't possible that he was ever fit for trial. Nothing about this is justice

The man already lived a full life , keep him on endless life support, and torture him , and when he dies, revive him and start over

I don't care if he has to be in jail or not. At this age, he is trapped in his body anyway. All I want to know is he accepted that what he did was very wrong and he is truely sorry about it. For someone, they never accept thier mistake until the day they die. That's sad.

At this point it’s not even justice anymore, it’s just revenge.

This dude was like 15 when he was working at any camp give him a break.

Am still wondering how they tracked him down

It's so hard to have a moral decision on this....It makes me sick thinking about it. 101 yr old man going to prison for 5 years? He pays for his crimes, sure, but what good does it do now? He already got to live his earlier years consequence free.

The people prosecuting him were not even alive during the time he was committing his crimes... this is stupid on a whole new level.. and waste of public funds

Life is mysterious he is getting punished at 101 for what he did many decades ago. I am happy justice is being served.

how is he gonna get arrested for something he did YEARS AGO💀

Gotta say I love that he’s wearing striped pajamas. Feels like poetic justice.

I guess this shows that no matter what, consequences will always catch up to you regardless of your age. The thought that this man lived past average mortality in normalcy, while his victims couldn't is honestly injustice itself. Spending his possibly last years of his life in prison barely comes close to sum up the years those victims couldn't even have the privilege to live. Its a really really cold fate for someone so old, but you have to remember that the sin of genocide _has no expiration._

He lived all these decades knowing what he did Imagine going to prison at 101 years old.

Self hate is not good

He repeatedly denied doing those things but some how they can prove you did all these years later. Just makes you wonder what proof is still around all these years later. 🤔

Bro I feel so much safer knowing that a 100 year old is in prison I’m being sarcastic

if I was the judge, I would exaggerate tf outta this , 700 yrs in prison 💀😭😭

There government is like "gotta get him while we can" 😂😂

Yes he's 101 years old but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remember that he LiVED this long unlike the people that were GASSED!!! Tortured murdered worked to death, starved, disease, beaten, raped, hypothermia, heat and cold injuries, work injuries and who knows what else!! Absolutely no sympathy for him whatsoever!! Think about the lives that were taken that NEVER had a chance and didn't survive!! Most people have no idea what people during the Holocaust endured!!!

Sometimes have to wonder, How, must it feel for these people to live such long lives knowing what they did? They always try hiding all the misdeeds and what they’ve done, However at the end they always get caught.

Dang, they gave him a life sentence LMAO

I think this is a little to late, to punish a man that out lived almost all the other guards is just trying to look for something that will never really be punishment. He is at his end in life, this is just ridiculous.

I'd love to talk to this guy, or for him to be interviewed (which lets face it, he would never agree to. He is still denying he was even a guard there.) But just to l know how he has lived with this his whole life. Has he ever felt remorse? Is he still denying any participation because of shame or because he he believes he did no wrong doing? Did he bury the memories and just get on with his life or have the memories come back to haunt him in his life and his dreams throughout his long life? So many questions we will never know. I believe he will have to answer for this one day not in this life, so no amount of hiding his face or denying guilt will help him when that day comes.

This is not justice, this is a graduation ceremony for that old man.

Whats the point of this sentence? The man got to live a Full life, and sentence him now for what?

Bro got life time in prison💀

He barley has any life left in him 😭

This guy literally poses zero threat to society anymore

imagine he lives long enough to get out

Lmfao “justice” served hot and fresh everybody, 3500 murders and 5 years only

If he refused to do what he was told wouldn't he have been killed back then

Damn. He lived an entire life without getting caught.

This shows that everything you do does come to light

We preach peace and mercy, especially to a 101 year-old-man… like bro. Just crazy how this is happening to him

This is the oldest person I've ever seen sentenced

It's always people like this who live to be 100+ years old! Kind, loving, and gentle people seem to always die young. SMH! 🤦‍♂️

my question is why prosecute him now nearly 77 years later after WW2 ended

My man got a life sentence💀

That's crazy, a far reach beyond the statute of limitations and they couldn't even pinpoint a single murder tied to him directly. That's not justice it's finger pointing and blaming him for the sins of their previously failed tyrannical regime, you don't know why he served as a prison guard he was more than likely forced to or watch his family get lined up and shot, so he didn't end up as a prisoner homself. Sink or swim, survive or die that was his choice and these people judge his life based our on modern comfy standards, shameful. They might as well prosecute George Soros at that rate too because he assisted the Gusstapo in apprehending hundreds of his own and sending them to concentration camps. But they probably won't because he has more money than the German government, it's always the small guys just trying to survive who take the fall....

Its crazy how the good die young and people like him live this long😒

waste of prison space, what's the point of putting him in prison

Mans already trapped in his own body what’s a jail cell gonna do 💀

"Justice is served" How exactly? Literal definition of too little too,too late..this just doesn't seem right.

5 years in prison is nothing compared to what he did. Should have been caught sooner!! Also, a reminder. If you know this guy or know his identity and leak it, you’ll get more than 5 years in prison. Let that sink in.

Bruh come on, he's 101 years old. There's no point in putting him in jail because he doesn't have that much longer to live.

Leave the poor guy alone.

“History is written by the victors” - Churchill

>get drafted >get arrested for crimes against humanity 80 years later

he shouldn’t have to live in fear poor old guy…

Why would they lock up a 101 year old