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Conrad Black: Denazification Relied on Proof of Individual Guilt, Rather Than Membership in Nazi Organizations

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Conrad Black: Denazification Relied on Proof of Individual Guilt, Rather Than Membership in Nazi Organizations
A visitor reads about the "Frankfurt Trial" of Auschwitz's Nazi commanders initiated in 1963, at an exhibition at the Martin Gropius Museum in Berlin on Nov. 14, 2004. John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images
Conrad Black
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The condemnation of 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka as a former member of the Waffen SS after he was honoured in Canada’s Parliament has been excessive. The person who exposed him in that capacity, Lev Golinkin, is a Nazi hunter whose criterion for the asseveration of capital crimes for a suspect of Nazi crimes is service in any capacity in a para-military or police unit that has reasonably been found guilty of the commission of such crimes.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.
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