(November 17, 2012 at 7:22 pm)Kousbroek Wrote: What is /was the alternative ?
Lock them all up ?
A trial - very simple. If you commit a crime you are supposed to be held accountable.
Just like it happened here after 1945.
I admit that then the "denazification" didnt catch everyone and some nazis still participated in pre-war german politics after 1945 (especialy in eastern germany where 39 percent of all politicians were former nazis)
but in general most criminals were put to trial and sentenced.