July 18th, 2008

Bringing Dr. Death to Justice

By: PJC

A recent Newsweek report follows a NAZI hunter’s quest to bring fugitives finally to justice before death prevents them from doing so. One such hunt is the subject in “Doctor of Death” by Joe Contreras.  The article choreographs a week on the trail of the “Dr Death” aka Dr. Aribert Heim, who personally murdered hundreds of camp inmates, often by injecting gasoline into their hearts.  The report of Nazi Hunter Efraim Zuroff, head of the Israel office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center alternates in temperature as he follows leads into ‘NAZI country’ of southern Chile and Argentina.  Dr. Death, if still alive is 94, but his old age and infirmities are no justification for letting him continue to live out his natural life as a relatively free man.  Justice so requires him to be held accountable for his monstrous acts even if he may not even survive the trip to trial or imprisonment.  Genocide merits no statute of limitations.  He deserves neither peace, nor rest no matter how many tubes and medications may keep his long-dead still heart beating.

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