Good, this isn’t the right time for any of that, Russia will just use it all to make more “Ukraine is run by Nazis and we have to free them” propaganda.
It should have been done 70 years ago, its too late now and doesn’t help anyone, it will literally enable the modern “nazis” with more propaganda material.
The difference between a democracy and an authoritarian nationalist state is the commitment to truth. The pretext that the descendants should be shielded is actually very very toxic. It is precisely what Germany has very honourably refused to do. People should know the truth about their ancestors. This applies to descendants of victims and to descendants of criminals equally.
If there is an actual reason to not do this right now, the government should give a different but short timeline. They could say that they will keep the records secret for 2 more years for example. We can then argue about the timeline, but the underlying principle holds: in a democracy the truth should come out.
That said, I am not convinced a shallow propaganda victory like this even matters. There is nothing new the putinist state would actually be able to say that it hasn’t already.
Good, this isn’t the right time for any of that, Russia will just use it all to make more “Ukraine is run by Nazis and we have to free them” propaganda.
… it’s not the right time to out actual 1940’s Nazi war criminals?
Wow
At least you were stupid enough to out yourself as a Nazi supporter / sympathiser.
It should have been done 70 years ago, its too late now and doesn’t help anyone, it will literally enable the modern “nazis” with more propaganda material.
The difference between a democracy and an authoritarian nationalist state is the commitment to truth. The pretext that the descendants should be shielded is actually very very toxic. It is precisely what Germany has very honourably refused to do. People should know the truth about their ancestors. This applies to descendants of victims and to descendants of criminals equally.
If there is an actual reason to not do this right now, the government should give a different but short timeline. They could say that they will keep the records secret for 2 more years for example. We can then argue about the timeline, but the underlying principle holds: in a democracy the truth should come out.
That said, I am not convinced a shallow propaganda victory like this even matters. There is nothing new the putinist state would actually be able to say that it hasn’t already.
Yes, the “modern Nazis” that despise actual Nazis.
It’s never too late to prosecute war criminals. There will never be a good reason to keep their identities secret.
If you are siding with the actual Nazis of the 1940s in trying to keep their identities secret, there’s a good chance you are also a Nazi.