Bloody Sunday March Committee ✒ Press Release

Commenting on the recent case in Germany and the sentencing of a former Nazi concentration camp guard, the Bloody Sunday March Committee’s Betty Doherty said:

The Tories in Britain argue there’s no point charging British soldiers for killings during the conflict because it was all too long ago. The chance of convictions was “vanishingly small”, NI Minister Brandon Lewis told the Commons this week during a debate on the Tory “amnesty” Bill.

This week also, a 101-year-old former concentration camp guard was convicted of involvement in 3,500 murders at the Sachsenhausen camp between 1942 and 1945. “We go by the simple principle that murder does not have a statute of limitations,” prosecutor Thomas Will told the court in Brandenburg.

The defendant was sentenced to five years. "Whether he serves the sentence isn't as important as making a formal declaration of the truth," said Mr. Will.


Ms Doherty continued:

There are seven other cases pending in Germany against alleged war criminals from the 1940s. One is a 97-year old woman. The prosecution authorities have made it clear that the pursuit of the war criminals will continue until all who remain are brought to justice.

If the German State can face up to crimes committed in its name 75 years ago, the British State should be made to come clean about its own more recent crimes here.


Ms Doherty Concluded,

The Bloody Sunday March Committee strongly believes and holds the view that the relatives and supporters of the victims of the British State are entitled to insist on German levels of justice.

‘Murder Does Not Have A Statute Of Limitations’

Bloody Sunday March Committee ✒ Press Release

Commenting on the recent case in Germany and the sentencing of a former Nazi concentration camp guard, the Bloody Sunday March Committee’s Betty Doherty said:

The Tories in Britain argue there’s no point charging British soldiers for killings during the conflict because it was all too long ago. The chance of convictions was “vanishingly small”, NI Minister Brandon Lewis told the Commons this week during a debate on the Tory “amnesty” Bill.

This week also, a 101-year-old former concentration camp guard was convicted of involvement in 3,500 murders at the Sachsenhausen camp between 1942 and 1945. “We go by the simple principle that murder does not have a statute of limitations,” prosecutor Thomas Will told the court in Brandenburg.

The defendant was sentenced to five years. "Whether he serves the sentence isn't as important as making a formal declaration of the truth," said Mr. Will.


Ms Doherty continued:

There are seven other cases pending in Germany against alleged war criminals from the 1940s. One is a 97-year old woman. The prosecution authorities have made it clear that the pursuit of the war criminals will continue until all who remain are brought to justice.

If the German State can face up to crimes committed in its name 75 years ago, the British State should be made to come clean about its own more recent crimes here.


Ms Doherty Concluded,

The Bloody Sunday March Committee strongly believes and holds the view that the relatives and supporters of the victims of the British State are entitled to insist on German levels of justice.

3 comments:

  1. Should they be prosecuted or persecuted?
    Like John Downey if convicted, ought they die n gaol?

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    1. I think that is a key question. Anybody supporting this line cannot avoid demanding the same for people like John Downey. I won't ever support the British jailing IRA volunteers for their part in the war. That precludes me supporting the jailing of anyone else in it also.

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  2. Prosecutions would only serve to inflame old tensions. Amnesty is the only realistic deal on the table, but sure when can our lot not miss an opportunity to cut their own nose off to spite their own faces?

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