60
YEARS AGO
The
Nuremberg Lynching
There
was a time in the history of the West, when warring nations
treated a defeated enemy with respect and consideration. That tradition
was upheld by the German armies when, in a spirit of chivalry, they
graciously accepted the surrender of French and Polish officers in
the early campaigns of World War II.
Their opponents had a much different attitude and outlook, however,
one which is perhaps best epitomized by Sir Winston Churchill, when
upon reaching the Reich at the end of that conflict, he ordered the
officers and aides accompanying him to unzip their trousers and join
him in the solemn act of urinating in the Rhine!
Less benign than this puerile act of vulgarity, however, was the mass
extermination by the Western allies which ensued, in which hundreds
of thousands of German prisoners of war died of deliberate, enforced
starvation and maltreatment in death camps set up in occupied Germany
at the behest of one Dwight David Eisenhower.
In all of this wanton barbarism, they were only exceeded by their
"gallant Soviet ally," responsible for such humanitarian
delights as Katyn, the gulags and the death of countless tens of millions
in the "workers'
paradise."
These, then, were the people who were to stage the most spectacular
show trial in modern time, one which concluded on October 16, 1946,
with the mass execution of top German military and political leaders.
In a gross parody of justice, the gloating victors contrived to set
themselves up as accusers, prosecutors, judges and executioners of
the vanquished in a kangaroo process in which the outcome had already
been determined.
By the same token, they conveniently exempted themselves from indictment
on the very same charges, of which they themselves were most certainly
guilty.
The fairness of this legal farce can be judged by the fact that, among
other things: (1) charges against those accused were based on ex
post facto law, i.e., so-called laws made up to serve the purposes
of the lynch mob, with no standing in previous recognized international
law; (2) the rules of evidence permitted every manner of hearsay and
fiction without opportunity for proper
challenge, while denying the defense the opportunity to introduce
exculpatory evidence; (3) insufficient time allowed the defense for
discovery of evidence; (4) the presumption of guilt of those accused;
and (5) denial of the right of appeal to an impartial, neutral third
party.
The 10 men who were duly lynched in the most foul manner this day,*
60 years ago, as well as the hundreds of others who suffered a similar
fate, died for one simple reason: They were on the losing side in
a war between polar ideals and outlooks. By exterminating the leadership
of those representing Aryan values, their opponents thought they could
kill the Idea.
The fact, however, is that great ideas cannot be killed by force and
persecution alone, in the absence of a countervailing idea lacking
in a moribund Old Order. Although National Socialism lost the war
militarily, morally it remained undefeated and continues
to this day.
And so, on this occasion, we pay homage to those 11 Martyrs
of Nuremberg, who stand as a common symbol against the hate
and depravity of the mortal enemy:
JOACHIM
von RIBBENTROP
WILHELM
KEITEL
ALFRED JODL
FRITZ SAUCKEL
ALFRED
ROSENBERG
ERNST KALTENBRUNNER
WILHELM FRICK
JULIUS STREICHER
ARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART
HANS FRANK
HERMANN GÖRING
*Escaped lynching through freewill death
PRESENT!
The
other important facts that are missing here is that they
were not hung properly. In other words their necks didn't break
& they suffocated to death instead of immediately dying.
This was done on purpose.
Some remained alive for over 10-15 mins. - dangling & struggling
to try & breath while their hands & feet were tied with hoods
over their heads.
Their bodies were burned & the ashes were dispersed in a local
river to prevent a martyrdom effect from the grave. Jewish prosecuters
were directly responsible for these deeds.