Martin Bormann

Born: June 17, 1900

Died: May 2, 1945 (?)

Bormann was head of the Nazi Party Chancellery and personal Secretary to Hitler, as such he had considerable power within the Third Reich (mainly by controlling access to Hitler).

Bormann was aware of and active in the extermination of the Jews.  There are several witnesses who heard (on more than one occasion) Bormann pass on orders issued from Hitler (re: final solution), as well as receiving reports from area leaders concerning their progress.

In one instance, an operator overheard a report from Himmler to Bormann in which Himmler gave a status update on the ‘extermination’ of the Jews.  Bormann reprimanded him for using the word ‘exterminate’ rather than the euphemism of ‘resettled’.

There was some dispute concerning whether or not Bormann was dead.  According to one account, Bormann fled the Berlin Bunker (after Goebbels’ suicide) and tried to escape Berlin.  However, he did not make it.  The witness (Artur Axmann) did not see Bormann die, but claimed to have seen his body.

The body was not found until late in 1972.  DNA testing in 1997 definitively proved that the corpse was indeed that of Martin Bormann.  Evidence indicated that Bormann committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide pill.

Wow…how many Nazis killed themselves?  Almost all of Hitler’s inner circle certainly did.  Brave men, these bully killers.

Julius Streicher (Der Sturmer)

Born: February 12, 1885

Died: October 16, 1946.

He was sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials for crimes against humanity (inciting people to hate & murder Jews).  He was executed on October 16, 1946.

He wasn’t a military man, nor was he involved in politics.  Streicher was the editor of Der Sturmer (‘The Storm’), a tabloid-style weekly filled with hate.

Below the nameplate is the motto – “Germany’s Weekly Newspaper for the Fight for Truth.”

The bold print at the bottom – “The Jews are our misfortune!”

Apparently Streicher had a very low IQ and many who knew him thought he was certifiably insane.  In any other country or time, he would’ve been institutionalized.  In Nazi Germany, he was put in the publishing business.

Der Sturmer was crammed with bullshit libelous stories intended to stir up hatred against Jewish peoples.

He was stripped of all Nazi party offices in 1940 for printing ‘negative’ (untrue?) stories about Hermann Goering & several other Nazi gauleiters.  However, he did not lose the favour of the Fuhrer (Hitler hated Goering).

Anyways – this is Julius Streicher – dead.  I think that’s the noose dangling from his neck.  His last words were, “Heil Hitler!”

Let this be a lesson to all you would-be haters/writers.  Words are more powerful than guns.

Rudolf Hess

Born: April 26, 1894 (before tweezers were invented - easy on the eye brows!)

Died: August 17, 1987

His death was recorded as a suicide, but under unusual circumstances.  He (apparently) strangled himself with an extension cord at the ripe, old age of 93.  It has been alleged that his death was caused by his Soviet captors (who cares?!).  The problem was that he was allowed to live well after the Third Reich had perished.

Rudolf Hess first met Hitler in May 1920 and was immediately devoted to him.  His part in the Beer Hall Putsch landed him in Landsberg prison (with Hitler) for 7 years.  In this time, he transcribed and partially edited Hitler’s Mein Kampf (‘My Struggle’).

When the Nazis took control of the Reichstag, Hess was appointed Deputy Fuhrer – third in power behind Hitler and Goering.  However his political ineptitude, especially amongst the petty warlord mentality of the Nazi leadership, caused him to be marginalized.

Despite his reduced role in governing, Hess was integral to the establishment of the Nuremberg Laws.

Strange event in his life – for some unknown reason in May 1941, Hess hopped on a plane and flew to Scotland (where he crashed).  It is possible that he was trying to contact the British (Churchill) and negotiate a peace between the British and Germans.

This was not to be.  He spent the rest of the war in prison.  He was tried at Nuremberg and sentenced the spend the balance of his life in prison (Spandau Prison).

Spandau Prison was closed in 1987 after it’s last prisoner passed on…adios Herr Hess.

Josef Goebbels

Born: October 29, 1897

Died: May 1, 1945

Goebbels killed himself (along with his wife Madga and their six children) moments before the Soviets captured the Fuhrers Berlin bunker.

He was the mouth-piece of the Third Reich – Propaganda Minister.

One of his first tasks upon assignment to the Propaganda Ministry was to order the burning of books written by Jewish & anti-Nazi authors.  He slowly gained control over every news outlet in Nazi Germany and controlled the information released to the public, often concealing the sinister nature of Nazi policy.

Goebbels was the lead agitator in stirring up hatred against German Jews, European Jews, all Jews.  His frequent and violent verbal attacks against Jewish people are not only an affront to Jewish peoples, but to all civilized humanity.

He may not have murdered, but he spoke the words which motivated many to murder.

He didn’t want himself or his family to suffer the consequences of his actions.  Actions, he apparently thought were so terrible that it would be better to murder his entire family, then kill himself.

Another one of Hitler’s brave heroes.

Josef Mengele

Born: March 16, 1911

Died: February 7, 1979

Nicknames: Beppo or ‘The Angel of Death’

Josef Mengele died in Brazil of an ‘accidental’ drowning.  I wonder if it was an accident at all?!  I would like to think one of his victims was able to reap a modicum of justice whilst forcing his head beneath the water.

This sick bastard fancied himself a doctor, but was not interested in healing or health.  He considered himself a geneticist, a man of science, but did not follow scientific method.

Mengele was stationed at Auschwitz-Birkenau on May 24, 1943.  Aside from his duty of deciding the fate of thousands as they staggered from the Nazi cattle trains, Mengele spent a great deal of his time experimenting on children – twins to be specific.

He thought he could learn about genetics by experimenting (torturing) one of the twins, while treating the other normally.  At the end of the experiment, he would murder both and autopsy them with the hope of finding anatomical differences.

Some examples of his experiments:  He wanted to see if he could change the eye colour of children, so he injected various chemicals into their eyes, most often resulting in blindness.  He once had twins cut in half so he could see if they could be sewn together.  He sterilized children.  He gave them shock treatments.  He amputated limbs.

He murdered innocent children.

Nothing of his work is considered useful or scientific.  As a matter of fact, most of his notes were destroyed at the end of the war due to the criminal implications contained within.

Mengele claimed ‘he never personally hurt anyone in his life.’

However, he ran like hell from the allies in 1945 & lived in constant fear that the Mossad would capture him.  He moved from Argentina to Paraguay, then to Brazil – always under a different alias.  That’s definitely the behaviour of someone who believes he’s done no wrong.

He was as sadistic as he was ugly.  Vicious bastard.

Nuremberg Laws

The Nuremberg Laws were established by Nazi Germany in 1935.  They were among the first official attempt to foster racial discrimination, to deprive Jews of their natural rights and to denaturalize German Jews.

There are two main ‘laws’ in this decree:

1. The law for the protection of German blood & German honor.

Entirely convinced that the purity of German blood is essential to the further existence of the German people, and inspired by the uncompromising determination to safeguard the future of the German nation, the Reichstag has unanimously resolved upon the following law, which is promulgated herewith:

Section 1

1. Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or kindred blood are forbidden. Marriages concluded in defiance of this law are void, even if, for the purpose of evading this law, they were concluded abroad.
2. Proceedings for annulment may be initiated only by the Public Prosecutor.

Section 2

1. Extramarital intercourse between Jews and subjects of the state of German or related blood is forbidden.

Section 3

Jews will not be permitted to employ female citizens of German or kindred blood as domestic workers under the age of 45.

Section 4

1. Jews are forbidden to display the Reich and national flag or the national colours.
2. On the other hand they are permitted to display the Jewish colours. The exercise of this right is protected by the State.

Section 5

1. A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 1 will be punished with hard labour.
2. A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 2 will be punished with imprisonment or with hard labor.
3. A person who acts contrary to the provisions of Sections 3 or 4 will be punished with imprisonment up to a year and with a fine, or with one of these penalties.

Section 6

The Reich Minister of the Interior in agreement with the Deputy Fuhrer and the Reich Minister of Justice will issue the legal and administrative regulations required for the enforcement and supplementing of this law.

Section 7

The law will become effective on the day after its promulgation; Section 3, however, not until January 1, 1936.

2. The Reich Citizenship Law.

Article I

1. A subject of the State is a person who belongs to the protective union of the German Reich, and who therefore has particular obligations towards the Reich.

2. The status of subject is acquired in accordance with the provisions of the Reich and State Law of Citizenship.

Article 2

1. A citizen of the Reich is that subject only who is of German or kindred blood and who, through his conduct, shows that he is both desirous and fit to serve the German people and Reich faithfully.

2. The right to citizenship is acquired by the granting of Reich citizenship papers.

3. Only the citizen of the Reich enjoys full political rights in accordance with the provision of the laws.

Article 3

The Reich Minister of the Interior in conjunction with the Deputy of the Fuhrer will issue the necessary legal and administrative decrees for carrying out and supplementing this law.

Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)

The night of November 9-10, 1938 represents the initial active stages of the violent pogrom against Jews throughout Germany.

 

On this night, Germans citizens and SA (mostly SA) damaged (or destroyed) 1574 synagogues, many Jewish cemeteries, 7500 Jewish shops, 29 department stores.  Some Jews were beaten to death, while others were forced to watch.  The conservative estimate is that 91 people suffered violent deaths.  More than 30000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

The term Kristallnacht is derived from the mass of broken glass (store front windows).

Nacht und Nebel (Night & Fog) Decree

On December 7th, 1942, SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler issued the following instructions to the Gestapo:

“After lengthy consideration, it is the will of the Führer that the measures taken against those who are guilty of offenses against the Reich or against the occupation forces in occupied areas should be altered. The Führer is of the opinion that in such cases penal servitude or even a hard labor sentence for life will be regarded as a sign of weakness. An effective and lasting deterrent can be achieved only by the death penalty or by taking measures which will leave the family and the population uncertain as to the fate of the offender. Deportation to Germany serves this purpose.”

Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel issued a letter stating:

“Efficient and enduring intimidation can only be achieved either by capital punishment or by measures by which the relatives of the criminals do not know the fate of the criminal. The prisoners are, in future, to be transported to Germany secretly, and further treatment of the offenders will take place here; these measures will have a deterrent effect because – A. The prisoners will vanish without a trace. B. No information may be given as to their whereabouts or their fate.”

[Thanks to Wikipedia for the quotes.]

The basic idea of the Nacht und Nebel decree was to terrorize populations into submission.  Any political, religious discontent, or disruption would be dealt with in a fury of mystery.  Essentially, the ‘offender’ would vanish into the night and be shrouded in fog.

Algimantas Dailide

Born: 1921

Died: as of 2006 – no.

Dailide has been convicted (in Lithuania) for his crimes during the second world war, but ‘he’s too old’ to do any prison time – this according to the Lithuanian court.  It’s bullshit.  Crimes against humanity should be punishable so long as the perpetrator is still human.

 This bastard was a police administrator during the war.  He arrested dozens of Jews, women and children were not exempt, who attempted to escape the Vilna ghetto.  You can imagine what happened to these people once they were ‘captured’.  Dailide was convicted for what happened to fourteen of them (2 Polish nationals and 12 Jews).

If he’s young enough to breath, he’s young to spend the rest of his life prison.

Karoly (Charles) Zentai

Born: 1921

Died: as of September 2007 – no.

In 1944 Budapest, Zentai allegedly partook in the torture and murder of Peter Balazs, a Jewish youth.  Peter was caught riding a Budapest tram without the requisite Yellow Star.  Zentai dragged Balazs from the train, to an army barracks, where he was beaten to death.  Apparently Zentai fastened weights to the body and tossed it into the Danube river.

I’m guessing there is evidence to suggest that Zentai slipped into the American occupied part of Germany after the war and made it through to Australia by 1950, despite being implicated in the murder in-absentia at a 1947 trial in Budapest.  He was ’discovered’ in Perth Australia in 2004.  Since then, he has been fighting extradition from Australia to Hungary.

If justice is not served, then it sends the wrong message to would-be future tormentors.