After the war, many SS fled in order to escape punishment. I still believe that there was not enough effort directed toward apprehending many of them however. Immediately after the war, there were the Nuremberg and Frankfurt trials which punished many Nazis but from then until around 1960s there was not much prosecution. Apparently the burden of proof was too large according to many prosecutors, but I disagree. I think that there should have been more effort to actually find the proof. Out of 6500 SS workers in Auschwitz, only 49 have been convicted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/world/europe/oskar-groning-auschwitz-birkenau-guard-trial.html
Wow, I knew that there wasn't many SS officers prosecuted and convicted, but 49 out of 6,500 is a shock. I totally agree with you. There should have been more effort to find the proof. I think one of the reasons also might be the fact of how many Germans were Nazis or supporters of the Nazi. To find and prosecute all the SS officers might take a while; plus, during that time, it might make the average Nazi supporters feel that they're next. I think the Allies wanted to focus more on the denazification of Germany than to track down and find all the SS officers responsible. Was it the wrong choice? I personally don't think it was wrong, but I do wish that they had put in more effort into the prosecution during that time.
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