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T
he Detroit Free Press
headline read: "Israel
Ambivalent About the
Point of Holocaust Trial."
As 'proof" of this so-called
ambivalence, the story quoted
one history professor — deep in
the story — who implied oppo-
sition to the trial of John De-
mjanjuk, accused of being
"Ivan the Terrible" who sent
thousands to their deaths at
Treblinka. It also quoted one in
favor of the legal proceedings.
This is hardly emperical pol-
ling and gives a highly distored
view of whatever the opinions
of Israel or other countries may
be.
But whatever the feelings of
Israelis and Jews in other parts
of the world, the real question
is not whether the majority ap-
prove or disapprove, but
whether the trial should be
held.
And there can only be one
unequivocal answer to that
moral question: Absolutely.
The most common argument
against holding a trial on the
Nazi horrors — and it is com-
pelling from a viewpoint of
compassion — comes from
Holocaust survivors and others
who may have been directly or
indirectly involved.
They argue, and under-
standably so, that they do not
want to go through the agony
of the bitter memories such
proceedings unavoidably stir
up within them. Who cannot
empathize with such concerns?
But the pain and suffering
notwithstanding, the trials of
those accused of Nazi crimes
are essential to hold those who
committed them accountable
and to continually remind the
world of the atrocities.
Indeed, many a Holocaust
survivor, while acknowledging
that such events cause them
psychological pain, have
nevertheless also stated that
they are prepared to suffer to
assure the world hears the
story again.
And it has never been more
important. There is altogether
too much documentation how
the history of the Holocaust is
being rewritten. This re-
visionist history is being per-
petrated not just by fringe
right-and left-wing elements
but by what is recognized as
the political and historical es-
tablishment.
The New York Times re-
cently published a very troubl-
ing article on the subject,
"Erasing the Past". The article
chronicled how in Western
Europe efforts are mounting to
rewrite Holocaust history and
how this movement is becom-
Survivor Pinchas Epstein:
Fingering Demjanjuk.
ing all too acceptable.
In addition, the fringe ele-
ments are continually receiv-
ing a growing degree of estab-
lishment respectability. They
appear more often in the media
and are invited with increas-
ing frequency as guests on talk
shows.
Journalist Barry Farber ob-
served not too long ago, that he
believed today's extremists are
much more powerful in terms
of financing and media expo-
sure than were their counter-
parts in Germany before Hitler
ascended to power.
The strongest argument for
holding the trials perhaps
comes from those who oppose
them because they found the
accused to be "good neighbors."
One newspaper recently fol-
lowed upon the book, Quiet
Neighbors, which tells the
story of accused Nazis who live
serene and secret lives in the
United States, reporting that
their neighbors protested the
arrests on the basis that "they
were good neighbors and cut
their grass weekly".
It is mind-boggling and a
moral obscenity to defend
those accused of history's most
inhumane crimes on the basis
that they prune their shrubs.
In addition, they argue, that
if they are guilty of Holocaust
crimes, it probably results
from the fact that they were
forced to commit the in-
humanities. Almost incom-
prehensibly, the argument ig-
nores the higher moral
standard established at the
Nuremburg trials which held
that "following orders" is not
an acceptable defense.
And finally, those who would
opt for "immunity" for the Nazi
murderers argue that not
much is to be gained after so
many years, particularly when
many of them had led "law-
abiding" lives.
The fact is, much is to be
gained.