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The devil is in the details (of the article). Some were punished and some were not. The early Nazi party financier mentioned in the article (Hugenberg) was able
by cobertos 2y ago
The devil is in the details (of the article). Some were punished and some were not. The early Nazi party financier mentioned in the article (Hugenberg) was able to walk back all his charges, get back all his assets. For I.G Farben (chemical manufacturer), it mentions, 23 of 24 were charged of war crimes, 13 were sentenced.
Regarding treating the corporation as a single entity (versus treating it as a composition of ppl), their ideology and power still lives on. Krupp's (now part of ThyssenKrupp) owner was too ill to stand trial, though his son did, oddly enough. It still existed within the Krupps family, even after things had settled. It needs to be seen from both the composition lens and the singular lens to make sense
- stickfigure 2y ago> Some were punished and some were not. That sounds expected? I read Telford Taylor's book about the first Nuremberg trials. Of the 24 accused, three were acquitted. The jury (and even Taylor, who was the lead prosecutor) felt that some people deserved to hang and others didn't. Not everyone in a position of authority beared equal culpability for the war. Maybe some Krupps were evil and others not; guilt by family association is not a thing in the western legal framework.