Polish prosecutors believe that Michael Karkoc of Minnesota was an officer of the Ukrainian Self Defense Legion that collaborated with the Nazis and whose unit executed 44 Poles during WWII. They are asking their government to seek his extradition to faces charges.
The family has always maintained that authorities are confusing the Minnesota Karkoc with a man of the same name who committed those war crimes and even accuse the Associated Press, who has pursued the story for years, of “peddling fake news.”
“…Karkoc could face a prison term for life.”
Oh no – not LIFE!
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And while you are at it deport some Democrat Progs who commit acts of hate against this country ever day!
Sick? Infirm? Old? I don’t care.
If convicted, he should be hanged publicly in Poland.
fly first class if you go !
@cato–a little harsh don’t you think? (probably not) the guy is 98 and won’t live much longer-If he’s the one then he has to live with what he did and then answer to God on judgment day. Murder is wrong but that was during war time and those people were brain washed into believing in some strange stuff. What will it accomplish by taking his life now that he is 98- will the government put another star on their hit list of criminals and slap each other on the back. Let him die with his guilt now because I think if he has changed in his heart-mind, then he probably has had night mares all these years. You-we- I have much to be “hanged” for because of our life’s- but God is the final judge and He says IF we repent and confess our sins- HE will forgive us…………………Oh well, you have a great day and be safe…..
At Just Passin – imagine this is 50 years from now and Paul Ryan is hiding in Yemen.
No, just because someone is old doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be held accountable. And they shouldn’t be released because they get cancer or whatever like the Lockerbie bomber. They had no empathy for their victims and just because they don’t look like the incarnation of evil anymore doesn’t mean they shouldn’t face justice in this world.
He wiped out potentially 132 generations of human life (3 generations, 44 victims). If it is him, hang him.
All these punishments are NOTHING compared to the eternal Lake of Fire. God’s not going to look kindly on those who killed His people. Happy Purim!
I am all in favor of mercy! He should receive exactly the same amount of mercy as shown to his victims.
Poles don’t take the era lightly.
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38842087
http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/295197,German-broadcaster-will-apologise-for-Polish-death-camps-opinion
@TheBigOwe: From what I have heard, most Poles were only too happy to assist the Germans in ridding them of the Jews. They just don’t want to talk about it now. Kinda like the French don’t want to talk about how much they collaborated during the German Occupation. To hear them talk today, almost every Frenchman was a member of the Resistance.
Yeah, right…
Its current government is prickly to anything and anyone. How a German station ‘apologized’ is interesting. The officials are interesting to watch, especially with Tusk.
I have a bunch of German friends, many who’s parents came directly from Germany after the war. I’ve asked and none of them have any family members who were in the army. Not an uncle or a cousin or a grandfather. Zero. Amazing how many of them live near me. Just sayin’.
In this case I think the Polish government has to provide very compelling evidence of this man’s guilt. A deportation at his age is a death sentence and the evidence needs to be damning. Be sure though, if it is I’d be at the airport wheeling him to the flight. Nobody guilty party of crimes such as these (whenever or wherever they were committed) should escape justice because of age, infirmity or lack of political will.
this is Nazi man you’re looking for.
@Petrus: Kinda like in post-war Germany when you would ask Germans if they or anyone they knew had been a member of the Nazi Party, and the answer would always be, “Oh no – there are no Nazis here. All the Nazis were killed in the war.”
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@just pass’n thru
I have not seen nor heard of any repentance or confession of his actions. What conversations or admissions he has made to God are unknown to me.
I agree with you, God will administer His Final Judgement and Mr. Karkoc will carry this murderous sin through all his eternal existence.
Given the heinous nature of his actions (if true) we should facilitate Mr. Karkoc’s meeting with his Maker as soon as possible.
Let God deal with him, he deserves no earthly mercy or a place on this earth. He willingly forfeited his right to live among civilized people.
Harsh?
Yes. Judgement of our actions can be as harsh and as merciless as we have treated others.
I welcome on one hand and fear on the other that very same divine judgement.
Blessings.
I say they are 49 years too late. If he slipped through the cracks, whats done is done.
Are we going to wait 50 years to convict the JEF of his war crimes, or Bushies, or Bubba’s?
Many innocents die while many guilty go free.
I know not the rhyme or reason for such, but it’s a fact, nonetheless.
This guy (may have) was an accomplice in the deaths 44 Poles during a war.
Obola tried to kill an entire country during peace.
What justice is served by turning him over?
(and that’s not a rhetorical question)
Fingerprints? Positive ID? The testimony of 2 men? Beyond any doubt of a “reasonable man?”
I am torn by these issues after reading about thousands (THOUSANDS) of guilty returning to lives and careers all across Europe (and America). I have never been in a position which forced such a moral choice on me (Thank God) and would not relish being in his, or his judge’s, position.
Other than that, a sacrificial goat makes people feel good about themselves …
izlamo delenda est …
If the Nazis had won the guy would be a decorated veteran, just like the people on our side who committed similar acts and got away with it. Victory is everything when assigning guilt for war crimes. Always has been, always will be.
There is no statute of limitations on genocide/murder. Let him stand the court.
Some of the worst murderers in WWII got off ridiculously easy. Many got only 7 years for the horror they spread through Europe. It was a travesty. Look up the results of the Nuremberg Trials. It is sickening. The soldiers murdered at Malmedy? Six million tortured Jews? Where was their justice?
Hangings, burning people alive, medical experiments, starvation, worked to death. Watch some of the German movies showing what they did and how proud of it they were. THEY WERE BRUTAL!
If people were actually held accountable for their evil actions there would be less evil in the world. Too many times people get off easy and no lesson is learned so it’s just repeated again and again.
What a bunch of saps you are.