Talk of the Town

By Rick

October 1, 2007 6:07 PM | Link to this

At this point, let the guy die in peace.

By Donna P.

October 1, 2007 6:09 PM | Link to this

I think we should deport the 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants before this ex-Nazi. Nazi Germany is in the PAST. Our country has real problems to deal with instead of Hilter et al.

By Jeffisgoofingoff

October 1, 2007 6:11 PM | Link to this

Sure they can deport him, but then they need to deport the retired policemen who used animals to attack the blacks back in the 50’s and 60’s in America also.

By Blair

October 1, 2007 6:12 PM | Link to this

No, he should not be deported. There should be some sort of statue of limitations regarding this case - it was 65 years ago!!! You shouldn’t deport a man for the last years of his life for something that happened when he was 19 years old.

By wayne norris

October 1, 2007 6:14 PM | Link to this

RULE OF LIFE IS EVERY DEED SHALL COME TO LIGHT. THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT FOR JUSTICE. EVIL DONE 50 YEARS AGO IS STILL AS WRONG AS IF IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. WORD TO THE WISE, YOU CAN NEVER TRULY HIDE REAL EVIL. DON’T LET THIS MANS OLD BODY FOOL YOU. WHEN HE HAD THE STRENGHT OF YOUTH HE USED IT TO HURT.

By Alexis

October 1, 2007 6:14 PM | Link to this

He should absolutely be deported. He is a Nazi war criminal. We can not turn a blind eye to the attrocities that this monster committed. Just because he has grown older, and looks like your grandfather, does not change what he is and what he did. He is no different than Saddam Hussein, or Osama Bin Laden. He was one of thousands of terrorists in the Nazi regime who tormented, tortured, mamed, humiliated and killed innocent men, women and children just because of their race, political views, etc. He deserves, at the least, deportation.

By aladawg

October 1, 2007 6:16 PM | Link to this

Hell no let the man alone. If the sorry a* people in Washington DC that call themselves our leaders can allow illegal Mecicans stay after they have been arrested many times and the damn liberals that suck up for the terrorists that wants to kill us all including the liberals in the name of their god. Hell no the man should be left alone to live his life out.

By shannon r.

October 1, 2007 6:16 PM | Link to this

Of course this guy should be deported. time does not absolve him of his criminal past. Why should he die in peace Rick, when he watched so many people get tortured to death.

By PJ

October 1, 2007 6:21 PM | Link to this

Deporting him serves what purpose? As a member of the military he was doing what was required of him. Has he committed a crime while in the US? I do not see the point of him being deported. I do not agree with what happened during those years but what purpose does it serve now? Deporting him will not change what happened.

By Lethimstay

October 1, 2007 6:22 PM | Link to this

The guy has been for for over 50 years, and the U.S. is just now getting around to deporting him. Come on.. we have better things to worry about in this country then deporting an 85 year old man.

By Stephanie

October 1, 2007 6:23 PM | Link to this

It’s sad when you look at him as an old man, thinking about him being taken from what has been his home for some 57 years. But the fact is he was a nazi, and he hid the truth to get into the United States. He can be sorry for his actions (let that be up to God to decide), but that still does not dismiss someone from reaping the consequences of there actions. He made a choice, and he will pay for that choice. No one is denying him a right, because it is a privalege, not a right, to move into the United States. My heart goes out to him, but it goes out even more to all the people who were ruthlessly murdered (that he partook in).

By Kelly

October 1, 2007 6:25 PM | Link to this

If this guy has led a clean life since World War II ended, then they should just leave him alone. He was a kid when this happened.

By Earle Mauldin

October 1, 2007 6:27 PM | Link to this

This is an easy one; he’s outta here !!

Anyone who doesn’t agree missed the classes about the 6 MILLION Jewish dead. This is not about illegal immigration, it’s about mass murder.

By Steve

October 1, 2007 6:28 PM | Link to this

Donna:

By your logic, any illegal immigrants who entered the US before today did so “in the past”, so therefore we should forget about them.

What an idiot you are.

By Craig

October 1, 2007 6:31 PM | Link to this

Do you reward this man for lying to get in this country? Why did he feel the need to hide his true identity when requesting to come here, because he knew he would be refused entry? He worked in the camps and he says he had no idea what they were doing to the people, come on! He does not deserve the freedom and prosperity that this country offers him. Justice is due and I don’t care if he is 25 or 85. He helped send plenty of innocent people his own age to horrible struggles and deaths. Right is right and this is the right thing to do…

By Danimal

October 1, 2007 6:32 PM | Link to this

I think it said that his job was training the dogs. He says he had no idea what was going on in the camps. He is not being accused of hurting anyone himself. He was 19 years old. Let him live in peace.

By clatlanta

October 1, 2007 6:34 PM | Link to this

I find it hard to believe that he did not know what was going on with the prisoners in the camps is one thing. His training and then using attack dogs to go after escaping prisoners is another. How many prisoners were killed or mutilated by the dogs this man trained and handled and controlled? How many died later as a direct result of their injuries from his dogs? I don’t care how long this man has been in this country. He sneaked into this country because he knew what he did was wrong and knew people died because of the dogs he trained, handled and controlled thus he is a murderer! If he is going to be allowed to stay in this country, then he should be tried and sent to prison just like the rest of the Nazi’s who worked at the Death Camps! This country has tried, convicted and sent to prison other senior citizens for murder. He is no different. Either kick him out of the country send him to prison. I’m sure there are still many Jews living who would agree that he should be treated no differently than the other Nazi’s.

By Robin

October 1, 2007 6:34 PM | Link to this

We all need to grow up, we need to deport all the illegals that are not paying taxes, taking our jobs and living on welfare before we try to deport an 85 year old man who has lived here for 50+ years!!

By Gary B.

October 1, 2007 6:35 PM | Link to this

He needs to be deported. He was a part of one of the most horrific chapters in history, and he needs to be held accountable for his actions, no matter how long ago it was.

By Justice

October 1, 2007 6:36 PM | Link to this

OK, if you are going to deport this old man then go get all the old white men that KILLED and TORTUED people of color and charge them with murder!!!! This is ridiculous, but if you do this, then do it to everyone. The Dept of Justice is a joke.

By Angela

October 1, 2007 6:37 PM | Link to this

This man was a CHILD when he was recruited into Hitler’s Youth Movement. German children had no option as to join or not, if you were “selected” you joined or your family faced danger. The children that served in the youth movement were brainwashed and reprogramed to be war machines. I think unless the United States has proof that this man has done crimes in our country he should be left alone to live out the rest of his life. He is not being charged with murders, but training attack dogs which he admited to doing. Prisons have guard dogs and I think he should be taken at his word he did not know what was being done with the dogs. Even so, this man in his ouwn right escaped the cruilties of the Hitler power and chose to come here to start a life free from living under a dictators power. I think the United States has far bigger and more important issues to deal with than a decrepid old man who may or maynot have participated in acts against German prisoners during WWII. I think what happened to the jews and other prisoners was a criminal act, but how far do we go in punishing those that served in the German Army? Do we go all the way down the chain of command and charge all enlisted German soilders or should only those in charge of units and commanding the soilders be held accoutable? Hitlers Army gave orders to its men and did not reason with why they were given, but they were expeted to be carried out or face possible prison or death themselves if orders where not followed. Leave the man and his wife alone and worry about the ones that actually gave orders and held power when war crimes were commited.
Angela

By Jeff

October 1, 2007 6:38 PM | Link to this

To all of you who keep saying “leave the old man alone”… you have no right to say what agonizing effects this man’s actions had on God-knows-how-many Jewish families in Nazi Germany. Sorry, Mr. Henss, I don’t buy your lame-butt excuse that “I didn’t know what they (the Nazi leaders) were doing to those people.” You knew darn well what was happening. There is no statute on limitations for evil. Had my grandparents or other relatives been murdered by those animals at the hands of those Nazi hellions, you’re darn right I’d want justice. Just because you get away with evil and commiting crimes for 60 years does NOT mean you get a free pass. Fess up to what you did. You’re going to have to do it before God sooner or later…. might as well face justice on this earth before you get eternal judgement in the afterlife. Kudos to the officials who are trying to get this man tried for his hateful war crimes before he gets to “die in peace” as so many of you want him to do.

By Jamal

October 1, 2007 6:38 PM | Link to this

I think he should not be deported, leave this OLD man alone. His life is almost over anyway. What happens to his wife????????????????

By Ralph

October 1, 2007 6:43 PM | Link to this

I guess if I use your guys argument, if Bin Laden can hide for lets say 50 years in Canada by lying about who he is, that we should let him live out his days in peace when we find him? Yes, Bin Laden ordered the killings of thousands but this man helped force unknown numbers to a place of hell and death. I hate to ignite this conversation but the man was a member of the SS and only those who were willing to torture and kill were members of the SS.

By fedupingwinnett

October 1, 2007 6:44 PM | Link to this

The man probably should be deported as a lot of these posts indicate. I also agree with the other posts in that this should be done to the illegal immigrants that are in this country and that continually break the law, get locked up and let go to committ the same crimes (or worse) all over again. What has this man done since he’s been here, any trouble with the law, etc? Get him but while you’re at it get the rest of the millions of illegal aliens

By wondering

October 1, 2007 6:45 PM | Link to this

Please leave this man alone and let he and his wife life the last few years of their lives together in peace. Please focus on things that matter today and not yesterday unless we are going to investigate slavery and lock up a few more people.

By Rob

October 1, 2007 6:49 PM | Link to this

If Henss was in fact an SS guard in a Nazi death camp, he should absolutely be deported, as has been done to numerous such individuals. He entered our country under false pretenses. He was a willing participant in history’s most brutal and organized extermination of innocent human beings, and deserves to suffer the consequences in this life and the next. To compare criminal SS concentration camp killers like him with the majority of German combat troops is absurd.

By justim

October 1, 2007 6:49 PM | Link to this

He was 19 yrs old. Let him live the rest of his life in peace.

By Justice

October 1, 2007 6:50 PM | Link to this

Thanks Gary B for making my POINT!!!!!

By BiteMe

October 1, 2007 6:52 PM | Link to this

I agree, Donna and Aladawg - If we can allow millions of illegals to come and stay here ILLEGALLY, ruin our country by taking all our jobs and throwing up Spanish signs EVERYWHERE (UM, this is STILL an Engish speaking country, right?), all while not paying taxes or for healthcare (which still comes out of MY pocket) and having a president who doesn’t even give a d@mn about it, why are we pinpointing on this man who has been here for over 55 years that IS a legal immigrant and has probably been paying taxes and acting correctly as an American citizen? Although I do NOT agree with what happened, he did wrong in his OWN country, not ours, and I’m sure he’d like to forget what he has done in his past as much as anyone else. And maybe he is trying, or has already found, some redemption!!! Who knows, but let it be between him and God.

And most importantly, may God rest the souls of the poor people that were tortured by the horrendous acts of the SS people in that era. A time which will NOT be forgotten. But one thing is true: Just about ALL young Germans were set into the Nazi life. If they didn’t, they would die as well.

Let the man stay. Deport the illegal Mexicans instead, please.

By Kay

October 1, 2007 6:52 PM | Link to this

Give me a break… leave the guy alone. focus on all the illegals here now.

By bob

October 1, 2007 6:55 PM | Link to this

He shouldn’t be deport because what he did is in the past??!!! I can’t believe the ignorance that fills this page! All crimes that someone could be convicted of are in the past!

He should definitely be deported to stand trial and answer his charges. He know good and well that this would be what would happen. Why do you think he lied when he entered the U.S. 50 years ago?

Besides if the blacks are now demanding the southern states to apologize for slavery, a crime of which NO ONE IS STILL ALIVE TO HAVE WITNESSED, why shouldn’t someone be held accountable for something they personally did and of which victims are still living!

If you were not alive during WWII, then you should probably simply shut up, because you have no damn idea what you’re talking about!!!

By Alexis

October 1, 2007 6:58 PM | Link to this

How can anyone say “let him live the rest of his life in peace”??? My grandmother did not get to live the rest of her life in peace. She was tortured in Auschwitz, witnessed by two of her children to be raped, beaten, electrocuted, and then shot in the face while she pleaded for mercy. One of her children, my father, was severely mutilated and beaten for 2 years before he was liberated from that death camp. His sister was not so lucky. She was part of a special SS program dedicated to experimentatal medical procedures. She was autopsied while still living. How can anyone dare say “let him live his life in peace” and “let he and his wife live out their years”?! That is the most insensitive, cruel thing I can ever think of reading. He deserves more than deportation, but that, at least, will be a punishment for this evil monster who enabled the attrocities at two seperate death camps by guarding the prisoners and training the attack dogs to kill escapees. Terrifying that Americans can even say to let him live, yet you all want to destroy Osama Bin Laden; we took Saddam to his death…but please leave the Nazi alone, it happened in the past. Well by that logic, 9/11 happened in the past too, so forget Bin Laden. Idiots.

By Jeff

October 1, 2007 7:01 PM | Link to this

Hey Angela, Jamal, wondering, etc…. I am not at all saying we need to ignore crimes that happened in the past against people of color. Anyway, this is not at ALL a racial issue. It is a right and wrong issue. Oh, and wondering, if you can find me a person who survived the evil of Civil War, or even any of their children, I’ll be glad to prosecute all the slave owners. If this were the 1920s, I’d be glad to track them down and punish them. But the difference is those people are dead! But you do what you can do… over 100 years ago, I will let that go. But if there are actual living people who can be held accountable for the evils of WWII, we need to bring them to justice. Let’s quit building up sympathy for this man. He committed atrocities and he needs to pay.

By R.S. Winokur

October 1, 2007 7:02 PM | Link to this

No, I don’t think we should deport him, just because he was a guard, and he didn’t know what was going on. Didn’t we hear from all the SS guards and people that lived by the camps, they didn’t know either. When the bone fragments went through the air they thought it was snow in July. Wake up people, that excuse has been ggoing on for decades after the war. They were just following orders, like good storm troopers.We should never ever forget the people that were murdered in those camps.Remember, history always repeats itself.

By Rob

October 1, 2007 7:03 PM | Link to this

You Guys who attack make me ashamed I became an American. You probably have never been to another country but are always experts on the rest of the world. Your small minded ways are embarrasing. THis is an old man who in his youth was drafted into Hitlers Youth (he had no choice) and you want to persecute him now. As other posters said, lets arrest all the racists who attacked black people in the 50s and put them in prison. No wonder the world laughs at us.

By Craig

October 1, 2007 7:08 PM | Link to this

Consider this scenario to better understand why he should be deported. Let’s say your brother was killed 50 years ago by a group of KKK members. One of those KKK members goes to Jamaica and lies to get in. He didn’t pull the trigger but he was there and participated and lives the next 50 years in paradise. When he is found, Jamaica decides to leave the man alone to live out his life. Now take that story times 6 million. Remember, we are not sending him to prison we are just kicking him out of the country. You all want to kick out the illegal’s, well he is an illegal (broke the law to gain citizenship) and he was a party to the death of millions. Why do you want to reward him and I sure as hell don’t want to support him in his old age.

By Luca

October 1, 2007 7:12 PM | Link to this

Deporting this man at 85 is the equivalent of a death sentence. And it affects not only him, but his wife, who has been charged with no crime. Many people did terrible things during the war, including the government of the United States that turned away boatloads of Jewish refugees. How many of those Jews died? For God’s sake, quit being such hypocrites. The man lied to get into the country? Our country lied to get us into war with Iraq. This country has blood enough on it’s own hands. Will killing one more man make any of you feel better?

By l morris

October 1, 2007 7:15 PM | Link to this

The Lord said justice is mine. Leave the old man alone.

By Iconoclast

October 1, 2007 7:20 PM | Link to this

I grew-up an orthodox Jew in an orthodox neighborhood in Atlanta. We had neighbors who survived the Holocaust and one German family whose patriarch was a member of the Hitler Youth and came to serve in the SS.

Not in morbid detail, but the neighbors all knew the man’s history. Still, we all played with his grandchildren, admired their colorful lights at Christmas, and never, NEVER, drew plans to villify him for the pain he carried to his grave of the hurt and agony he might well have caused others.

We must never forget the atrocities that a group of humans can perpetrate on a whole segment of society. That goes for Nazi Germany, as much as it does for the United States before and since the dissolution of slavery.

Still, we could do to learn some lessons from the anguish of others, such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who - at the fall of Aparthied, devised the “Truth and Reconcilliation Commission”. This focused sunshine on the heinous acts of a whole society, without seeking sacrificial offerings out of vengence against the leaders of the long-standing racist regime.

While we’re about the business of deporting those who American society should deem as monsters, how about we start with Pat Robertson, James Dobson and, oh why not, Donald Rumsfeld, too?

By l w morris

October 1, 2007 7:23 PM | Link to this

If all of were punished for what we did when we were 19 most of us would be jail. God forgives so let’s all of us do the same.

By Sean

October 1, 2007 7:25 PM | Link to this

85 Years Old or Not he should be deported. He is a war criminal of the worst sort who supported a criminal regime. I don’t care if he is 85 or 185 years old, I have 0 sympathy for him or any of his ilk. He wants to “forget the war”. Did my grandfather, who was a POW under the vicious Nazi regime “forget the war” at all? No, he lived with the pain and the nightmares and the horror visited upon him by people like Henss for the rest of his days. Henss wants sympathy and mercy for his deeds. Did the people he followed show mercy and sympathy when they starved a member of my family so badly that he came home weighing just 90 pounds. If he was a regular soldier in the Wehrmacht I would say fine, let him die in peace. But he was an active particpant in the genocide of MILLIONS. He trained dogs to viciously murder innocent people. Anyone who says he had no idea is naive at best, ignorant at worst. If he worked at Buchenwald and Dachau there is no way he was ignorant to the activities there. I am tired of the “he’s old, let him die in peace” argument. We all have to take responsiblity for our actions sooner or later. For my grandfather and the millions of others who died or were forever scarred by the Nazi’s I say let him be brought to justice!

By Voldemort

October 1, 2007 7:30 PM | Link to this

Take Mr. Henss to the Holocaust Museum in DC and let him tell his story to the pile of shoes. If he breaks-down in anguish and guilt, he stays. If he can coldly stand among the remains of the victims, he has nothing further to contribute as a veteran of that dark period in world history and, perhaps, should be sent back to Germany to face his remaining days in reflection.

By jm

October 1, 2007 7:47 PM | Link to this

As I agree that what this man did 65 yrs ago to the 6 million jewish people and others was horrible, what has this man done in the 50ish yrs that he has been here? He’s 85. Let the man die here w/his wife. If the Government is so bored at their jobs, come and take the illegal immigrants out of Gwinnett Co. I know of plenty of mexicans in my neighborhood….oh excuse me hispanics…

By lifelonggwinnettian

October 1, 2007 7:49 PM | Link to this

Two issues here: 1. He was a Nazi regardless of his age. We do not know why he joined, only he knows. He should be returned so that Germany can decide his fate. 2. He did not disclose his participation when he came here so he had to have known it was wrong what he did. Just as some of those who participated in wrongdoings during the Civil Rights era have be brought to justice so should he. I feel sorry for him, but he has lived many years far beyond those who were tortured by Nazi Germany.

By jwt

October 1, 2007 7:51 PM | Link to this

Deport him. He is lying when he says he did not what was going on.Also deport all the illegal immigrants regardless of where they are from.

By pete

October 1, 2007 7:52 PM | Link to this

Not unless they deport the millions of Mexican immigrants here. That is a bigger issue than one old man. Let him die in peace.

By NotRight

October 1, 2007 7:59 PM | Link to this

No, he should not be deported. What he did was horrible, but it during was a time of war and he was following orders just like every other soldier either allied or axis. If he disobeyed his superior officer he would have been shot too like the others.

I’m watching Ken Burns WWI documentary and they told a story of an American soldier who used a knife to take out the gold teeth of a Japanese soldier who was mortally wounded but still alive. Another American finally came over and hot the Japanese soldier. War is hell and the instigators should be punished, but let the rank and file order takers go about their lives.

By Rob

October 1, 2007 8:15 PM | Link to this

“guess if I use your guys argument, if Bin Laden can hide for lets say 50 years in Canada by lying about who he is, that we should let him live out his days in peace when we find him? ” Duh, he would be 100 years old by then, genius

By mom3boys

October 1, 2007 8:21 PM | Link to this

Do not for one second believe the lame excuse espoused by so many Germans: “I didn’t know what was going on!” That is complete and utter bull**. Never forget. Never ever forget.

By Brian

October 1, 2007 8:25 PM | Link to this

Don’t deport him to Germany. Send him to Israel and let them deal with him.

By David C.

October 1, 2007 8:33 PM | Link to this

This is another typical laugh out loud of “OUR” Federal government. The feds are not cranked up to be what they should be, or are they “Cranked?” Here is an 85 year old “SS” soldier, that was under the spell of Hitler,(and, if you read history, repeatingly; Hitler had a way of putting his people under his spell.) What is there to gain by showing how ignorant the United States is , once again. The quote from the spokesperson for the Feds, ” This is not a safe haven for War criminals; against human right violations” I hope like hell somebody slaps that person in the face, and make them realize what in the heck is going on right here in the United States. Racial, ethicial,divesistiy, disabled/disadvantaged, and most of all the Elderly. They could care less about what is going on, but they need to polish up something to make America look pretty damn good. So what is going on? “Feds”..

By Tom

October 1, 2007 8:38 PM | Link to this

Let’s remember these sayings? 1. Let the person without sin cast the first stone. 2. Neither do I condemn thee. 3. Father, forgive them because they know not what they do !! AND..let’s not forget the hundreds of thousands of men, women and children who died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the actions of (us) guys who were just following orders. (I’m a US Air Force veteran and 100% American… willing to ‘fight’ for my country’s freedom AGAIN…but much too old)!!

By Sean

October 1, 2007 8:41 PM | Link to this

Rob, people do live to 100 you know! As a genius, I say deport the guy….

By forgive

October 1, 2007 8:46 PM | Link to this

By dporting him and not the millions of illegal aliens in this country is hypocracy. yes he did some evil things, but have not we all. Leave him alone and let him die in peace

By Get Real

October 1, 2007 8:56 PM | Link to this

No. He is innocent until proven guilty. Not every Nazi was an “evildoer”. He trained dogs; so what? How far do you have to go before you cross the line from justice to blind vengeance? The article seeks to hang a guilty sign around this man’s neck before he’s even been to trial.

By darlene

October 1, 2007 8:58 PM | Link to this

Perhaps those of you who believe that the poor old man should be left alone, never had the opportunity or priviledge to meet and know any of the few blessed Jews lucky enough to survive the hell of Nazi Germany, who bore the number tatoos and wore long sleeves every single day of their lives so that the reminders could be covered up to dull the pain of the past. Their pain could not be washed away. He should feel some pain. Let’s face it, if he knew nothing of what was being done, why ever in the world did he feel the need to hide it upon entry to the US? Send him back to his country and let them figure out if he is innocent or guilty. It is unforgiveable that our nation would hide someone who participated in the horror of the Holocaust. God have mercy on his soul. God forgive him. But don’t put us in the position of needing to ask God for forgiveness for hiding one of the torturers of God’s people.

By Mike

October 1, 2007 9:01 PM | Link to this

As always when you are trying to apply justice, it depends on the evidence. If there is irrefutable evidence that this man committed war crimes, then he should be deported to receive a FAIR trial. There is not nearly enough evidence presented in this article to support labeling this man as evil, or even guilty of a crime. So, he failed to admit that he was a member of the Wehermacht. I think that many of us may have made the same decision in 1955 - merely 10 years after such a horrible war had ended and such stigmas were attached to the Nazis - if we were trying to start a new life in a new country. If this is an emotional issue now after 65 years, imagine what it must have been like after only 10 years when many of the people in the country had personally sacrificed either directly or indirectly from the war. Also, with 65 years on the books since his admitted service in the SS, there should be plenty of evidence to determine whether or not this is a decent, law abiding person. If he is, then that should count for something too. Remember, the Pope was a member of the Hitler Youth also. And look how he turned out.

By No2Nazis

October 1, 2007 9:02 PM | Link to this

I’m wondering why the Feds are only NOW making a case to deport this guy. Maybe there’s more to this story than we know. If he is indeed guilty - regardless of how old he was THEN or NOW - then, yes, he should be deported. Have we all forgotten what the Nazis were responsible for? Have we already become immune to the atrocities, devastation, torture, and death they unleashed upon the world? They forever changed our concepts of humanity and killed our collective innocence. They made us frighteningly aware of the depths of evil Man is capable of sinking to. This guy knew damn well what he was doing when he escaped to this country. He lied and deceived for his benefit. I have absolutely no sympathy for him if it is deported - at age 85, 95, or 105. He’s lived a damn nice long life and got off scot-free. Karma’s a b***, ain’t it. It all comes around in the end.

I’d also like to add that I understand completely everyone’s frustration with the illegal Mexicans invading this country - but, people, this has NOTHING to do with that and to respond to this case with a comment like “well, you’ll have to deport the illegal Mexicans, too” is simply ignorant. Look at the issue for what it is and leave the other arguments out of it.

By Jeff

October 1, 2007 9:02 PM | Link to this

I wonder how long this man would have been allowed to live if he had dis-obeyed orders he had been given? He problay would have got the firing squad faster than the prisoners he was guarding were killed. It was an evil time and evil things were done but he has had many long years to think about his actions and deeds of his youth. Let him be. If innocent he may spend eternity with the victims of that era. If guilty, he may spend eternity in Hell with Hitler and the other demons of that time.

By Ivan

October 1, 2007 9:08 PM | Link to this

See ya, sure wouldn’t want to be ya.

By C. E. H.

October 1, 2007 9:10 PM | Link to this

I don’t know all the facts in this case. I don’t think anyone does. But this is what I do know.

That being said what would you do??? You may say “I’d never fight for an evil regime.”

Was the Nazi movement right? Of course not.

To put this into proper light in todays terms I have an uncle who was in still in Iraq during the first gulf war. He was of an age where he was forced to stay and fight in the Iraqi army. I REMEMBER the day we went to war. I called my grandmother who said “Did you hear? Our country is at war?” I remember getting off the phone and thinking Which country?

That same Uncle was allowed to come to the US in 1995 legally.

So should this man be forced out? NO! Should he be granted amnesty if he has lived a good and upstanding life since then? YES!

Remember the measure of a man is not what they do when they have no choice it is what they do when the choice IS theirs.

By jb

October 1, 2007 9:13 PM | Link to this

Do NOT deport him. What people in this day and age don’t understand, is that Germany had a military just like the US has a military. Both sides are told their side is the right side to be on. Every time, every culture.

Tell me about ONE military regime that told their people, “We are doing the wrong thing, please join our cause”. There isn’t one.

He did what was asked, same as our soldiers are doing what they are asked. Each side thinks their ideas are the right ones.

By Ivan

October 1, 2007 9:22 PM | Link to this

He lied then, because he knew that he would not be allowed into this country after telling the truth. He is a liar now, by saying that he didn’t know how harmful what he was doing would be to the poor souls under his watch. You people that are searching for some way to justify keeping this liar in this country need to get exiled at around the time that the Nazi gets the boot out of this land forever. Had the Nazis won the war, hardly any of you defenders would be around, because you and your family would have been exterminated. You wouldn’t have been qualified to live. Genocide still exists, along with the justification and the techniques for making it possible.

By Sharon

October 1, 2007 9:25 PM | Link to this

People change…..are YOU the same person you were at 19? What he did was horrible…but he’s been here over 50 years with no problems….I agree with the others who say we need to deport the illegal immigrants first. This man has livd a good life since WWII. Let him die in peace.

By VoR

October 1, 2007 9:28 PM | Link to this

Tom @ 8:38 PM:

What does a former member of the SS (and the Nazi regime’s slaying of millions of Jews) have to do with the United States dropping atom bombs on Japan?

Are you equating Jews (who didn’t attack Adolph Hitler—or Germany—or anybody) with the Japanese whose citizens attacked us on U.S. soil?

If you ever were in the Air Force I’m sure glad you aren’t now. Fifty bucks says you weren’t a pilot.

You people are incredible. Next thing you know you’ll be proposing “Nazi Bonds”—a $5,000 cash payment to SS members who exterminated Jews.

Please exercise your First Amendment rights in the privacy of your own home.

By newkid

October 1, 2007 9:35 PM | Link to this

Extradite him to Israel for a ‘fair’ trial, then live with the verdict.

By smith

October 1, 2007 9:39 PM | Link to this

What about all those at Dachau and Buchenwald who didn’t get to be 85 years old having lunch at the Golden Corral in Gwinnett County?

There is no excuse for dogs on Jews in those camps. He goes. There is no pardon for that time or those deeds.

By William

October 1, 2007 9:39 PM | Link to this

I am just curious as to how many man hours the Justice Department spent on finding this man since he came here. Couldn’t those same people be working on the ones you see on the most wanted pages? I agree the man probably did some bad things, but what kind of role has he played in his community since he has been here? I am sure everyone in the SS were not “volunteers” and he may have had to do it to protect his family. I say let him stay as long as he’s had a good record since he got here. If he was a key player in the camps, wouldn’t his role come up sooner than now? Let the man spend the last of his days with his wife. If he really did the bad things he has been accused of God will know and he will be punished. I agree that Osama Bin Laden would not be treated this way, but this man was not Hitler himself either. Bin Laden continually makes threats and takes action on this country, this man has done nothing for over 50 years.

By Rebel

October 1, 2007 9:40 PM | Link to this

The only reason he will be deported is because we (America) always kisses Israel’s butt.

Would we deport Vietnam’s soldiers? How about Japan’s?

By ralph

October 1, 2007 9:42 PM | Link to this

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

By Elaine RN

October 1, 2007 9:44 PM | Link to this

No we have all sinned, but committed Truly EVIL ACTS, NO! Equating a former 19 year old male SS trooper with undocumented workers seeking honest, hard work and education for their children??? Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus were alien workers in Egypt, Family Value Christians! What happened to the 84 year old Jews during Hitler’s Evil Regime? or the eight to four year old Jews? Deport Him! A nineteen year old MAN who was blind, deaf, and without sense of smell to the crematorians offensive smoke, blind to human ash that covered the countryside, did not hear screams of terror, pain, anguish, was “unaware of acts within the camps?” -Deport Him! “Just doing my job” -Deport Him! Guilty of lying re:SS membership. Deport Him! Ever observe victim of attack dog wounds, as a ER RN I have, DEPORT HIM!
His wife is welcome to accompany him. She knows the man she chose to marry. What became of the wives of an elderly Jew? Deport Him! Have you visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington? This Presbyterian left haunted by the images of man’s inhumanity to man, nightmares for nights on end. Deport Him!

By robertloftis

October 1, 2007 9:50 PM | Link to this

Yes he should be deported,actuall he should be tried as a war criminal.I had an uncle who was a prisioner of war in Germany for quite a while,before being freed when rthe war ended.

By Smokey Joe

October 1, 2007 9:50 PM | Link to this

This man has no business being deported for something that happened 60 years ago when he was a child.

This country has a major problem handling REAL issues that need to be ADDRESSED now. Fix the budget, fix Medicare, fix the health care of Americans, DEPORT the illegal immigrants. Fix this depression that we are heading into before it happens.

This man isn’t hurting anything and probably will die in the next 5 years. You’re just wasting OUR TAX PAYERS dollars on something this petty because it takes too much effort to work on the “hard” stuff. You’re a lazy bunch of A-holes. Typical government workers. Go catch the Terrorists in FL and Detroit and New York. Do something that’s actually going to HELP make the U.S. safe.

By Freespirit Clendenin

October 1, 2007 9:51 PM | Link to this

They Should deport him, whether he knew WHAT was going on or not, he KNEW he was training dogs to kill people, he KNEW a lot more than he is saying here, all he had to do was look at those poor people & know what was going on, He KNEW they wern’t having a Party!!

By Trey

October 1, 2007 9:55 PM | Link to this

Although it is very sad that the Jews were tortured and killed in such a manner, this man was ordered to do what he did. Forgiveness is given by God to people willing to ask for it. Jesus said let the first one without sin throw the first stone at the adultress, but no one was found!! I do not think anyone here is without sin. I think that we should not deport him. Furthermore, our hard earned taxes need to go to something better. This country is bogged down with too many petty problems. Take the money (that would be used to investigate, try him, and deport him) and feed the hungry and cloth the poor. Or use it for our schools. Think about your past…. Everyone that has ever sinned is guilty of murder. Jesus Christ paid the ultimate price for your sins and was put to death on the cross! Accept him in your heart and you will be forgiven too!!!

By Joyce

October 1, 2007 10:06 PM | Link to this

My father was one of the many military that helped to liberate the death camps.This was was in a different era (WW11),a different time.Has this person been a good citizen? Has he paid his taxes? He is elderly,let him die in peace.

By Bobby

October 1, 2007 10:06 PM | Link to this

okay, so why didn’t the US check his background in 1955? That was only a mere 10 years after the war ended. Why now, after 52 years do they feel the need to deport him. The US should have done a more through background when he entered in 1955. I would think that after only a mere decade after the world’s worst war ever, that the US would be more stringent in looking for nazis’ trying to come to the USA in 1955, rather than in 2007. I would think that any german male in 1955 coming to the USA would require a more stringent check, seeing how there were probably thousands of former German soldiers around in 1955.

By Rachel

October 1, 2007 10:10 PM | Link to this

If the feds are going to deport him, then they should be looking into the Japanese immagrants who have come to our country looking for the opportunities they were not receiving in their homeland. There are some former Japanese soldiers in America, but they want to deport an elderly man for something he did not have complete control over. The man wants to forget about what he had to do then, but the feds don’t want him to. I say leave him alone.

By Christina

October 1, 2007 10:12 PM | Link to this

The man should not be deported!!

I am no more afraid of this frail old man than I am of my 5 year old daughter. Yes, it is suggested that he was part of the SS, but do we have actual proof, other than some NAZI hunters word who are completely biased.

I would rather have my government spending their time and energy evicting ALL of the ILLEGALS who sucking up resources reserved for citizens, doing something about the drug dealers and the pedophiles that are causing problems here and now in the present.

I don’t discount that the Jews suffered greatly during the Holocaust, but that is in the past. Persecuting an 85 year old man is not ever going to bring anyone back.

Leave the man alone. If the government deported everyone who ever lied on their paperwork, there would be almost no one here. If they didn’t figure it out way back in 1955, why does it really matter now 52 years later?

By Ontherite

October 1, 2007 10:17 PM | Link to this

Perhaps Japan should deport any elderly Americans now living in Japan who were teenage guards at the concentration camps for Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast during WWII.

By je

October 1, 2007 10:17 PM | Link to this

Maybe he was told that the dogs were being trained to attack enemies coming into Germmany during the war? Maybe he had to follow orders or he would lose his life? It was Hitler’s orders…

By Mike McCormack

October 1, 2007 10:18 PM | Link to this

People, WAKE UP. This man is not a “soldier,” he was on the staff of a group of thugs, the SS, committing terrible atrocities. Doctor Mengele was a nice old man in Brazil near the end, he was an SS Officer, supposedly a doctor, committing the most awful experiments on human beings, a monster. Should he have been left alone?

How many people did his dogs maul and maime? Women, children?

Don’t be fooled by his nonsense of not knowing. Almost all Germans knew of the camps and many knew things being done there were dark.

Hopefully there are survivors who can identify this thug and the record against him can be established.

By skip

October 1, 2007 10:28 PM | Link to this

He should be deported. It is difficult to believe that anyone in the camps did not know what was going on.

By Mark A

October 1, 2007 10:29 PM | Link to this

All of you that are in favor of deportation for this man are looking at him as if he were one of the leaders of the Nazi party. He wasn’t Hitler , Himler, Hess or any of the other “criminals” who masterminded the extermination of the Jews. He was simply a soldier who carried out orders. How has he lived his life since coming to America? Has he tried to resume the “SS” life here or has he lived his life in a decent fashion? Has he been an asset to this country and shown allegience to it? Leave this man alone. “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone”.

By je

October 1, 2007 10:30 PM | Link to this

nevermind- I just read the charges. Guess he knew exactly what he was doing…

By to be a Christian

October 1, 2007 10:42 PM | Link to this

I read the comments made for both sides and …I found myself agreeing with both sides. Ultimately, though, for those of us who are Christians we know what the right answer is. We’ve heard it so many times…yet amazingly we never seem to know when to apply it! Remember “Love one another”, “Love your enemies” and the key to all this “Forgive!” Two wrongs don’t make it right! Destroying this old man’s life would never undo any of the evil that was done and that yes maybe he even did! Those moments are gone forever! No one has the power to undo them, no matter how much you may wish to do so! If he did do those crimes knowingly, was it because he was rotten and evil? was it because it was what he had to do to save himself? I don’t know, do you? But don’t we as a society believe that people given a chance can change? We should prevent evil when it’s happening, forgive it after it happened, but never, never forget the evil done! Witch chasing never did solve anything! In regards to Bin Laden, I do hope they catch him soon, because later it won’t do anyone any good. I must say, though, that I am unable to picture Bin Laden living an ordinary life for even 50 minutes… Remember, justice is the Lord’s alone!

By Willie B

October 2, 2007 8:19 AM | Link to this

What a waste of money- our justice department is spending time and money on this guy, who everyone admits, is guilty of nothing other than belonging to an army. He is charged with no crimes at all- no cruelty, no violence, etc. He simply did his job which was training dogs. I guess if he lied about his involvement when immigrating that is grounds for deportation, but then don’t we have 20 million people here guilty of that? This is a waste of taxpayer money.

By Wayne3177

October 2, 2007 8:20 AM | Link to this

There is no relationship between Bin Laden and this man. Bin Laden, like Hitler, planned these acts. This man was a cog in a wheel, To suggest he needs to be deported for carrying out orders solves nothing - let him live out his life in peace, and while we’re at it, refocus all those lawyers on solving real, current issues.

By Rebel

October 2, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this

It is truly amazing that the SAME people who want to deport an 85 year old man for “supposingly” being a guard dog handler 64 years ago are the SAME people who:

A) Tell blacks to “get over” slavery and stop looking for reperations because “that was a lonf time ago”.

B) Not feel the same way in hunting down the KKK lynchers from 40 years ago.

This is the SAME hypocricy that boycotts Cuba because “it has a Communist government” but sees NO WRONG in trading with CHINA or VIETNAM, BOTH Communist countries that are a GREATER threat to the US.

…… what a great christian nation we are….

By Jon

October 2, 2007 8:29 AM | Link to this

The lack of education in this country is extremely frustrating. Those who paid attention in class know that there was a difference between concentration camps and extermination camps. Both camps in question were concentration camps (labor camps). Training dogs or even being a guard at either of these does NOT constitute a war crime. I see this as nothing more than a witch hunt to benefit the media. Leave the old man alone and let the masses get back to Britney and Oprah.

By Scooter

October 2, 2007 8:33 AM | Link to this

It is true that citizens of his era did not have a choice in joining Hilter’s Youth. However, there was NOT a requirement to join the SS. He could have served his country admirably without having joined the SS. Remember, not everyone in Hilter’s army was SS. The United States did not target the entire Hitler Army, only the SS because they caused the most grievous crimes. A wrong isn’t made right just because of the passage of time. I too am a Christian and believe in forgiveness. I believe he should be forgiven. HOWEVER, I also believe in punishment. He entered this country illegally and therefore must be deported. He should be forgiven if indeed he is remorseful. Being forgiven does not equate to no punishment. You fellow Christian’s need to go back to the bible and do a little more studying. You seem to have a skewed view of what forgiven means.

By bosh

October 2, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this

all you people saying leave him alone and get the illegals out. I have news for you, he IS an illegal. He lied when he came into the states which makes his status here illegal. OR are you saying just get the illegals out who are brown? ALL illegals should be deported, including this monster!

By Alice

October 2, 2007 8:59 AM | Link to this

So they actively go after deporting somebody who did something over 50 years ago….yet the 12 million people who are in the US illegally are completely off their radar?

By Storm

October 2, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this

I have read the many comments concerning the issue of deporting this man for having been a part of one the worst events in modern history. My family like so many others lost love ones during WW2, to stop Hitler & the mad men who serve him. The people of the Jewish faith who died just because of their belives should never be forgotten.
This country allow men who help build the dreaded V-2 rockets that was used to carry death to innocent people in England, to come to our country & work on our on programs here. These same men help with our nations future space program. Is there a difference in them & this man. He was a guard at a prison camp, but is their anything that shows he took a life. Anyone who has served his country in a war knows that there is horrible things that happen on both sides of a conflict. I think that the time has come for us to allow what ever God you or I belive in to be the finial Judge. Let us not forget our past, so that we may never allow something like this to happen again. Lets allow a old man to spend his last remaining years in peace. May each and everyone of us try to go forward and make this world a better place, so that future generations may not look back at us and ask how we could have let things in our on time happen, with out trying to make things better.

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 9:13 AM | Link to this

No, he should not be deported, atleast not, before all the facts have been investigated in a court. There are many Germans in that agegroup that came to this country after the war ended. Even though most of them had atleast an idea of what was happening in the camps, you can not say they are all was criminals just because they knew. Many young men were in the Army, be is SS or regular Army, that doesn’t mean they all took part of the atrocities against the prisoners in the camps. In the case of this individual they better take good care of finding out exactly what he did , not just hold against him that he was a prison guard and a dog handler.YOu can not sit here and say, that he definately took part in anything other than doing what he was told to do, which doesn’t by no means mean he actually tortured prisoners.

By Phil

October 2, 2007 9:13 AM | Link to this

The question is in the future tense - “Should he be deported?” My question is why hasn’t he been already. He gave support to a system of no legal process; he deserves no benefit from one now.

By robin greenberg

October 2, 2007 9:13 AM | Link to this

If we deport this man who has sought refuge here for over 50 years are we any better than the people who trained him? I think not. we are supposed to be a civilized country that practises compassion. Let the man alone and let GOD deal with him .

By getoverit

October 2, 2007 9:13 AM | Link to this

Come on….the man has lived in the US how long??? Has he not contributed to our system in the terms of income tax, SS, etc.?? Why not go after the illegals that are not living the American dream instead of picking on this old man who apparently is? Looking at this elderly man & his wife, not to mention their immaculate yard, he is welcome in my neighborhood anytime. All this happened to him when he was almost a child too young to make decisions on his own. He was only trying to “survive”.

By Tom

October 2, 2007 9:15 AM | Link to this

Paul was no ordinary German soldier. He was no child. He was a member of the elite and highly fanatical killing machine known as the SS. The SS did Hitler’s most dirty work and were highly feared. Russian soldiers would summarily execute German SS troops for the atrocities committed in Russia. We should have not any sympathy for Paul. He certainly had no compassion for the men, women and children murdered in the camps during his tenure.

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 9:18 AM | Link to this

…and btw…you are talking about lying when he came in this country, you darn right he didn’t tell all of his past….well, go back a few years..when the US took in about 300 highly intelligent German rocket specialists and used them without asking many questions about their past to perfect what is now called NASA. Those same specialists were stout Nazis and who were knowingly taken in by the US with open arms. Think about the double standard with which the US handles things of that nature. It was okay to let those guys in and use their knowledge, but this 85 year old man , who they don’t even know what exactly it is her did during the WAr, now everyone screams: deportation. Funny isn’t it????

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 9:21 AM | Link to this

It is a big Witch Hunt , that is going on in this country.If you want to do it that way, then every German that was atleast 18 years of age during that time, should be called a war criminal, which would insane!

By Moozer

October 2, 2007 9:28 AM | Link to this

Let’s see now…his participation in the holocaust began in a atmosphere where an oppressive national identity myth was morphed from militarism, religious mysticism and ethnic demonization. We can’t deport him, he’s one of us!

By Christina

October 2, 2007 9:30 AM | Link to this

I still can’t believe that people continually want to dwell in the past, instead of focusing on the current affairs of our world. History is just that…HISTORY. We need to remember and learn, not remember to hate.

This man was simply doing a job for the German Military, just like our men and women in the Armed Services are doing today. As a soldier, do you really think that he had the opportunity to stand up and question his tasks?! “Excuse me, Hitler, I can follow rules 1-6 but I cannot follow rules 7-10, they’re against my beliefs.” What do you think would have happened?! A visit to the Firing Squad, perhaps?!

It’s tragic that so many jews died in the Holocaust, but there is nothing that will ever bring those people back. They died over half a century ago and yet we are still so grossly focused on it like it happened yesterday.

This man is not a terrorist, a pedophile, a drug dealer, or an illegal. There is no actual proof that any deaths or maulings can be attributed to him. Who are they going to call as witnesses?! Anyone still alive that can atest to the fact that he might be guilty? He’s 85 yrs. old and he has lived here for over 50 years, paying taxes, staying out of trouble….what is it that we are so scared of?! Does he have some secret SS club that meets at McDonald’s on Tuesdays for coffee?!

The US gov’t needs to get a grip and quit wasting my tax dollars on absolute stupidity and spend them more wisely. Deport ALL of the ILLEGALS, build the wall on the border, pay attention to those gaining VISAs and citizenship, and leave 85 year old men alone.

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this

if anyone can proof with no doubt that this 85 year old man has had any part in killing/torturing prisoners by his own hands, used his guard dogs to kill prisoners or was in charge of men and gave orders to kill/torture prisoners, then give him the trial her deserves. If it can not be established that he did any of those things, then leave him the hell alone and let him deal with his past!

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 9:39 AM | Link to this

Amen Christina! I agree, the government has more imminent problems to solve than this case.

By Booz

October 2, 2007 9:39 AM | Link to this

By all means, let the poor old man die in peace. After all, it was sixty years ago. And while we’re at it, let’s issue a blanket amnesty for all the poor old guys on death row who committed their atrocities 20 or so years ago and are still waiting for their sentences to be carried out, and for all those nice KKK guys who lynched blacks when they were just impressionable kids; they were just swept up in the zeitgeist of the day. If they had spoken up against persecuting people of color, they would have been mercilessly taunted by their peers, and that would have made their lives miserable. And haven’t they all lived good lives since then? Just youthful mistakes!! Let bygones be bygones. I mean, think about it, it was just Jews. And blacks. And homosexuals. And gypsies. And all kinds of other members of fringe societies who weren’t contributing to the greater good. The Nazis were just basically good old boys who were trying to use the peoples’ tax money to make the trains run on time and establish a homogenous society in which good white people could feel safe.

Let’s face it, the people who are exhorting us to leave the poor old man alone have no sense of history and how, as was stated before, that people who do not remember the lessons of the past are doomed to repeat it. Everyone is so concerned with their precious tax dollars and getting rid of those heinous Mexicans who don’t speak our language or follow our traditions that they choose to ignore (or never learned in the first place) what the Nazis really did— how many innocent old grandparents and little children and millions of others who did no wrong other than to practice their faith or live in the manner of their ancestors were tortured, maimed, gassed, dissected, starved or otherwise brutalized until they finally earned the mercy of death. If there is a statute of limitations on mass murder, then maybe our society should self-destruct. Let’s just forgive all those criminals who have escaped justice for at least 10 years; they’ve paid their dues. If 9/11/2011 rolls around and Bin Laden is still on the loose, give him a free pass. It makes just as much sense as allowing this accessory to genocide remain in our country and flaunt his ties to one of the greatest crimes in history. What a great lesson for our children and future generations: hypocrisy is justifiable as long as it doesn’t cost us any more money or trouble than is necessary.

By Adrian

October 2, 2007 9:39 AM | Link to this

Henss’ problem was in filling out the immigration papers in the first place. If he had snuck into the country, he would included in having the Congress and Senate trying to rewrite the laws to give him amnesty.

By Donna

October 2, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this

He needs to pay for his crime. I have compassion for the old man, but he hasn’t always been an old man. It’s sad that we have to pay the price for our actions. I do feel bad for him but I feel worst for the ones that suffered. So sad! Hey needs to pay. I say deport him.

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 9:49 AM | Link to this

most of you people took your info about the SS out of history books. Yes, the SS was in the beginning only taking in certain individuals and yes, you had to ask to get in with this club. in the later years, the SS took in just about any farm boy, they needed people then. By then it was a so called “honor” to wear the SS uniform and it didn’t mean at all you were always part of any dirty work so to speak. Some of those guys that joined the SS in the end times never even left the office building so, they were damn pencil pushers and were waiting for the damn war to end so they can wake up from the nightmare they once thought was going to lead them to world dominion. Come folks, not every damn sentence you read in the history books pans out to be the exact truth. You have got to talk to people that lived there during that time and listen to some of their stories.

By Emory

October 2, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this

All of you who say “let him stay” but are furious about Vick killing dogs, please get out of the gene pool - idiot freeswim is over.

To the rest of you, its good to see a blog where people think rather than have knee jerk racial reactions common to these exchanges. Maybe there is hope for Atlanta after all.

If you wish to learn more about both sides of this issue read QB VII by Leon Uris. It is a great book on this very issue, and full of great courtroom drama. For the non-readers, see Judgment at Nuremburg.

By Joy

October 2, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this

Absolutely deporting him. He has been allowed to live in our country hiding and going on with his peaceful life. The people whose lives he chose to destroy and deteriate never got that chance. He has been here for 52 years. It is time he go back regardless of his “family” or age. I hope all Nazi’s that are hiding are living in fear of being found. There are still many out there.

By John

October 2, 2007 9:53 AM | Link to this

Seems to me everyone has convicted this man without a trial. I have seen no evidence of guilt. WWII was a horrible time for all the young soldiers on both sides. The war against Hitler is over. This man has been here over 50 years as a productive individual. Most war veterans if not all will be dead within a few years…let it go! I for one would rather spend our valuable resources on todays problem…defeating the illegal alien invasion.

By Pandora

October 2, 2007 9:56 AM | Link to this

Yes they should deport him, but they also should deport all of those racist people who killed, hung, mutulated, African-American men and women, boys and girls and other people of other races that fought for the freedom of people of color. Nobody ever want to talk about that though, nor does anyone write any articles about it. If a person want to do the right thing then it should be done all the way around, not just because he was responsible for so many jewish people dying!

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this

what crime donna??? It has not been established as of yet other than that he was a guard and that he trained dogs. That was all that is so far known about the man….that is not considered a crime.

By Maria Miller

October 2, 2007 10:02 AM | Link to this

Let this man alone. He was young and scared. He needs to die in peace. He has been here 50 years. Let’s spend our efforts solving major crimes, shall we.

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 10:03 AM | Link to this

you all have already convicted a man, that hasn’t even been tried, let alone his story has not even been told yet. it’s sad but no wonder so many people die on death row that weren’t even guilty. you all do the same thing right now , all you hear is SS, war criminal, whatever and you run with it. Good Luck America!

By Tina

October 2, 2007 10:06 AM | Link to this

Past is the past.We are to fogive as Jesus forgives us.Let the higher power be the judge.This man is 85 years old,does he pose a threat to anyone? We need to focus on issues of today and stop wasting time and money on issues from the past.Let God be his judge and jury.

By Dave

October 2, 2007 10:09 AM | Link to this

People, please: READ THE ARTICLE before you post that he killed hundreds of people. His job was training the guards. Many people who worked for the German Army had no idea what was going on inside the camps…the were just in charge of putting people on trains, cooking food, or TRAINING THE DOGS! There is sufficient evidence in holocaust research to support this. He was just doing what he was told because he was in the german army at the time. He shouldn’t be deported, it was long, long ago.

By slim

October 2, 2007 10:09 AM | Link to this

I’m Jewish and at first, I was like ‘let bygones be bygones’, especially given the fact that the US government (CIA and State Dept) hired thousands of known nazis after WWII.

But after reading more it says: 1) Not everyone is subject to deportation. There are certain criteria more than just ‘being in the German army’.

2) he lied about his past when he came to the US.

3) Survivors, such as Ben Hirsch, are in a better position to judge than I am. And they think he should be gone. I trust the survivors.

Ruling: he needs to be deported. He was not just ‘along for the ride’. He hid his past to partake of US society, and his time is up.

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 10:10 AM | Link to this

the old men is by no means a comparison to Bin Laden

By John

October 2, 2007 10:11 AM | Link to this

Seems to me everyone has convicted this man without a trial. I have seen no evidence of guilt. WWII was a horrible time for all the young soldiers on both sides. The war against Hitler is over. This man has been here over 50 years as a productive individual. Most war veterans if not all will be dead within a few years…let it go! I for one would rather spend our valuable resources on todays problem…defeating the illegal alien invasion.

By ssimc

October 2, 2007 10:14 AM | Link to this

MAKES NO SENSE TO DEPORT HIM, WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN IS TREATED LIKE A KING FROM U.S. AND WORLD MEDIA: INSISTING THE HOLOCAUST WAS A MYTH, AND RECEIVING A WELCOME FROM U.N.,COLUMBIA UNIV., AND MANY OTHER LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS. LET HIM STAY IF ISLAMIC RADICALS SAY JEWS WERE’NT SLAUGHTERED

By jeff cole

October 2, 2007 10:15 AM | Link to this

by all means, they should deport this man. he did not “forget about the war” and he clearly participated in the death camp production. he sought refuge in the USA - a country where freedom reigns (mostly). as I is see it, he has received a 52 year reprive from justice. DEPORT!

By Freddy K.

October 2, 2007 10:15 AM | Link to this

Those who preach forgiveness rarely give it so it seems. Where are the marchers and the so called civil rights leaders. Is the lack of all this because he is white?

By AJ

October 2, 2007 10:22 AM | Link to this

No, he should not be deported. Almost all German teenagers were involved with the Nazi party at the time. The police train attack dogs here in the U.S., and no ones crying out for their deportation.

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 10:23 AM | Link to this

yes and there are many racists out there and there are many communists out there and gays, and, and, and…

By Mark

October 2, 2007 10:26 AM | Link to this

In the full article, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher said we need to “ensure that the US does not become a sanctuary for human rights violators.” How soon before George W gets deported?!

By cb

October 2, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this

YES deport him. I’m tired of listening to the excuse of I didn’t know what was going on. If nobody in Germany didn’t participate, as they would like us to believe now…the not me excuse… then how did those camps happen? So who did tatoo my neighbors arm with those numbers? Hitler all by himself?

By Ed

October 2, 2007 10:41 AM | Link to this

We should first search out and prosecute the descendents of the Jewish slave ship operators. The oppresive Jews of Israel who robbed the Palestinians of their land should never be forgotten either. Let those with sinful hands condemn not the sinners.

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this

slim: I don’t agree with the way you worded your Nr.2 point. He did not lie, he did not submit that he was SS because he knew alone those two letters would not get him into the US. Now if he was asked if he was SS and he said NO, then he lied. He’s guily of omission. It’s not even established that he killed anyone during his service in the army in Germany, so I suggest all you people that say he is a killer, be very careful with your words.

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 10:50 AM | Link to this

AJ…I need to cerrect just one little item on what you said. Not involved in the Nazi party, but the socalled Hitler Youth. Being a Nazi pary member was not a must. Being in the Hitler Youth was almost for every young person unavoidable. Being in that group though didn’t mean you were trained to kill, or anything or trained in war games. It was a youth group that did everything from singing national, good ole german songs, go camping, wave flowers at the passing soldiers, those sort of things. If you wanted to join the Nazi party , that was your own choice and of course came with some privileges.

By DB

October 2, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this

He has had a long, long life in the comfort of the United States, with is Cadillac and all — which is something that he contributed to denying the Holocaust victims.

He left Europe to get away from the aftereffects of the war. Millions of concentration camp inmates did not get away.

He “forgot” to list his SS service. He was trying to escape from the aftereffects of the war; it seems difficult to believe that he didn’t deliberately omit such inflammatory information.

He moved to the Atlanta area to be with his daughter. How many other people’s daughters died in the ovens or were killed by the very dogs he trained and trained others to use?

It’s a tragedy for all, but the greater human tragedy of the camps is still fresh in the minds of many.

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this

I feel for some folks in here…so much hatred, so much misunderstanding, so much ignorance, so much misinformation, so much of all sorts of stuff. cb , you are one of them

By MP

October 2, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this

This man should absolutely be deported. I feel no sympathy for him. Not one bit. His poor wife—well, that’s another story. I do feel sympathetic towards her.

By deb

October 2, 2007 10:57 AM | Link to this

Has everyone forgotten what it is to FORGIVE? He’s just an old man, let him live out the rest of his life in peace!

By CommonSenseRules

October 2, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this

My sister-in-law is the daughter of a German naval officer; she and I are very close. That fact notwithstanding, I do not care whether Henss is 185, his days of sanctuary in the U.S. are over. May he enjoy his retirement in the Fatherland.

By Lucy Zavislan

October 2, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this

Did the babies in those camps deserve to have their little heads smashed open like pumpkins? Did toddlers deserve to die being gassed with their mothers? Joining the Hitler Youth was one thing, but joining the Nazi party was a voluntary act on this man’s part. Deport him AND all the illegals we have today! Offer a $1000 bounty for every illegal and people will be lining up to point them out. BTW, my husband came here LEGALLY. If we could do the paperwork, so can they!

By AJ

October 2, 2007 11:03 AM | Link to this

I THINK WE SHOULD LET HIM STAY. HE DID THIS AT AGE 19, WHEN MOST PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO DO THIS TYPE OF ACT AGAINST HUMANS. HE IS NOW 85, WHAT CAN HE DO… LET HIM STAY HERE AND CONTINUE THE YEARS HE HAS LEFT. MAKES NO SENSE TO DEPORT HIM AFTER SO MANY YEARS. WE MAY NOT FORGET THINGS BUT WE CAN FORGIVE.

By Rick

October 2, 2007 11:04 AM | Link to this

It is sad to deport an 85 year old, but look how many people he casued to die.

He fraudlently entered the US because he did not say he was an SS murderer.

He should definitely be deported.

By Rachel

October 2, 2007 11:04 AM | Link to this

I think he should be deported. He has been in the United States for half a century living consequence free for his actions. Other individuals have been deported for less, i,e paper work mix ups or a misdemeanor.

By Freddy K.

October 2, 2007 11:10 AM | Link to this

Maybe we can get FVSU to march for him or the other one’s that marched for the Jena 6. They were guilty to but the marchers wanted them set free. This should apply to. Samething, he is guilty and they should want him set free too.

By Sylvia

October 2, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this

Leave this old man alone. He came to this country legally for a better life and has been here 50 years. I am sure he has worked and paid taxes like all other productive citizens. Before you deport this old man and his wife, go after all of the illegals who don’t pay taxes, put a strain on our health care and school systems take jobs from legal citizens because they work for less than minimum wage. I am so tired of people making excuses for these people and I am really tired of them not bothering to learn our language.

By Shock

October 2, 2007 11:40 AM | Link to this

I think he should be deported in order to apply immigration laws equitably and fairly. Why is there so much concern for the guy’s future. He’s been deported to Germany, where he will probably have a better standard of living. I checked the real estate records and he owns his house free and clear. He can take the money to Germany and start living quite well there. He has nothing to worry about. His wife will still be eligible to collect social security.

By Soldier

October 2, 2007 11:42 AM | Link to this

The Bible says, “Let those without sin cast the first stone…”. I have served for many years in our military and have been around the world. If people only knew what OUR young soldiers have been forced to do over the years, it would shock and appall them. I sy let this man remain in the US. He has not broken an American law in 50 years. He is no more a criminal than our guys at Gitmo. US soldiers have orders to shoot to kill anyone that tries to escape from that military prison. What is the difference? He did what his commanding officers told him to do. That is all…. Let the man die in peace. Leave him alone.

By CS

October 2, 2007 11:42 AM | Link to this

He seems to be genuinely apologetic and wants to live a normal life. Its not as if he moved here and persecuted Jews more. If you want to deport him, deport the guards at the Japanese internment camps. Deport any guard who has worked in a jail or prison that held a wrongly accused inmate. He was 19. Aren’t there bigger problems in America to be dealing with instead of hunting down a senior citizen at his home SIXTY YEARS after the crime? Let’s go find all the kids who shoplifted sixty years after the crime and deport them while we’re at it.

By FaQue

October 2, 2007 11:42 AM | Link to this

If it is determined that he lied to get in this country, because otherwise he would not have been allowed to enter; he should be deported. He lied, while that does not seem important to some it does to me.

The other issues that most of you have brought up are based on emotional and personal beliefs. I support your having them, but I may not necessarily agree with them; I gave up twenty plus years of my life so that you can freely have them. I don’t expect any thanks; I wanted those freedoms for myself as well.

I am not denying what happened during WWII, I have visited several of the death camps, and it is a part of our history that is rarely discussed in our classrooms. The Germans called them detainment camps, and in case you have forgotten we as Americans have them as well today.

While I am not saying that we are committing any atrocities, I do under stand just how easy it would be to do so. It would be wrong, based on our (American) social perception of what is wrong or right. I must remind you that in several countries today it is acceptable by the leaders of that particular foreign country to commit what most of you would call hideous crimes against humanity. See article about Myanmar in AJC.

If he is guilty of war crimes, then he will be judged. If he is to be tried that is something that others will have to decide, not Americans.

By mta

October 2, 2007 11:42 AM | Link to this

He should be deported, no question! To you bed wetting liberals who say leave him alone. If someone were to rape a young girl who is your family member or a friends daughter & not get caught until he turned 80, should he be left alone????

By Lauren

October 2, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this

Come on, comparing this guy to Bin Laden? There is a real difference between masterminding the death of thousands of innocent people and being a cog in a machine.

The thing that elevates us above savages is our ability to distinguish this and not take revenge on every participant in warfare.

By slim

October 2, 2007 11:49 AM | Link to this

rickie, It is likely correct that his paperwork to get into the US did not explicitly ask ‘were you in the SS?’, but this does not absolve him of the fact that he hid evidence that he knew would keep him out of the US.

And it sounds like he went above and beyond the basic minimal associations with the nazis. If he only had minimal associations, he would not be in trouble. And I think that even the survivors would forgive someone that only had minimal associations. Jewish people are very forgiving, but those that went above and beyond for the Nazi war machine deserve no sympathy.

By Clara Shannon

October 2, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this

I feel that He should be shown mercy, after all it has been a long time, he slipped through the cracks , so be it. Perhaps a lot can be learned from him as to what went on in the camps, if he knows anything. We have all sinned and are at God’s mercy. May God show us mercy according to how we have shown mercy to others. My ancestors were subjected to cruel slavery in the United States, what was bad for them has worked out good for me through the mercy of God.This man is now old and about to face the One and True God where we will all render an account not only for every bad deed but also for every foolish reply Thank You. Thanks.

By FaQue

October 2, 2007 11:58 AM | Link to this

If it is determined that he lied to get in this country, because otherwise he would not have been allowed to enter; he should be deported. He lied, while that does not seem important to some it does to me.

The other issues that most of you have brought up are based on emotional and personal beliefs. I support your having them, but I may not necessarily agree with them; I gave up twenty plus years of my life so that you can freely have them. I don’t expect any thanks; I wanted those freedoms for myself as well.

I am not denying what happened during WWII, I have visited several of the death camps, and it is a part of our history that is rarely discussed in our classrooms. The Germans called them detainment camps, and in case you have forgotten we as Americans have them as well today.

While I am not saying that we are committing any atrocities, I do under stand just how easy it would be to do so. It would be wrong, based on our (American) social perception of what is wrong or right. I must remind you that in several countries today it is acceptable by the leaders of that particular foreign country to commit what most of you would call hideous crimes against humanity. See article about Myanmar in AJC.

If he is guilty of war crimes, then he will be judged. If he is to be tried that is something that others will have to decide, not Americans.

By Will

October 2, 2007 11:58 AM | Link to this

I think people are missing the bigger point. Everyone his age was in the Hitler Youth, as he says, even the pope! He obviously regrets what he did in ignorance; let him stay.

By Rebecca

October 2, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this

Yes, this man should be deported…just as any other Nazi would, especially with his record, would be. Would you all allow Mengele or Hitler to remain in this country?? I think the reason so many of you say “let him be” is because he looks like your grandfather or father. But, what if he were a Japanese guard at Bataan? Would you be so inclined to “let him be”? Not everyone joined the Hitler Youth, nor joined the SS (which if you knew your history people) didn’t just let anyone in… you had to be a die hard Nazi—a true representation of the Aryan ideal… the SS was the elite. So, of course he knew what was going on… the fact that he says otherwise is a blatant lie. Did he not smell the rotting corpses or burning flesh… or maybe he didn’t hear the gunshots??? … please. And for the record… hundreds and thousands of German nationals didn’t take the easy way and joined the popular party… they stood up and spoke up for what was right… YOUNG AND OLD. Unfortnately for them, the Nazis murdered them as well, but they stood up… just as this man could and should have done when he was 19. Research your history people… before you make a statement like “let him be”. He’s been held unaccountable for 67 years. I say he’s long overdue for justice.

By Beaux

October 2, 2007 12:05 PM | Link to this

Being Jewish, I do not want my tax dollars to support this man, who helped murder many members of my family, whether it be for Medicare, roads, schools, or anything else. He lied to get into the country that he worked to defeat, and he was accessory to torture of my ancestors. I have no desire to help him in any way, nor should any lawful US citizen.

By WAR EAGLE

October 2, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this

First off how stupid can you BLACK people be? You want to arrest people for something that WAS NOT a CRIME back in the 60’s! This man Murdered or helped to murder 6 million people and HE LIED to get into the US. What part of LYING do you not understand? Or is that part of YOUR uncivil rights clause. Who cares if it is 50 yrs or not-he LIED andhe is a murderer. MURDER has NO statute of limitations. Learn the law you moronic people! If we make an exception for him, then the illegals will want exceptions for them.

By FairTax

October 2, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this

This brings up an important point - I’ve seen so many posts about illegal immigrants in this country that don’t pay taxes. We really need to get rid of income taxes and go with the fair tax. Aside from the obvious benefits to legal citizens, anybody making money in this country - whether they are illegal immigrants making money legally or legal citizens making money illegally (e.g., dealing drugs) will pay taxes. FAIR TAX for all!!!

By jokurone

October 2, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this

he probably has paid he debt to society over the years, always looking over his shoulder and regretting his actions as a youth.i say left him live out his life and now that he has been exposed, it won’t be easy for him.

By silvia

October 2, 2007 12:08 PM | Link to this

We need to put priorities to our issues and take care of them accordingly. This should have been taken care of 60 years ago - now, it is irrelevant!

By FaQue

October 2, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this

Let me put it in a context that makes it easier to understand. I presume that most of you are old enough to have a license to drive. Before you get your drivers license you must sign a statement that says you agree to obey all traffic laws and regulations. How many of you scratched that out and wrote except speed limits, and any other traffic law or regulations I choose? None, you lied by omission of the fact that you speed, roll through stop signs, and speed up to make the light. This omission wasn’t even over something as small as a traffic law. Of course if you don’t break any traffic laws, or regulations then you didn’t lie.

By whatabout

October 2, 2007 12:13 PM | Link to this

He should not be deported. What he did was in a time or war and at the direction of his commanders. Did we punish our own soldiers for putting japanese in concentration camps?

If the government wants to deport people go after those who entered here without being questions or going thru customs. Who havent paid taxes but want welfare, medical care, protection, etc. And some of those are criminals - gang members, crack addicts, etc. Lets get rid of those who are a threat, who are a menace, and who actually did wrong.

By Pandora

October 2, 2007 12:16 PM | Link to this

Freddy K. You are REALLY CONFUSED! Jena 6 is TOTALLY different from what this man did! First of all Jeana 6 - that white boy tried to shoot and kill them. He had a loaded rifle and 13 rounds of ammo. in his truck so they defended their selves. Let’s not forget about the fact that he and his racist friends hung 3 nooses on a tree the African-American students sat underneath a tree that was known as the “white” tree!

What this man did was wrong period! He stopped Jews from running for their lives by training dogs. He was 19 years old at the time and he knew darn well what he was doing! So there is a huge difference.

By you comparing what he did with Jena 6 is like comparing oranges to cucumbers.

By Freddy K.

October 2, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

So what time is the march and when will Rev. Pork Chop sho up? It is all the same, except he is old and white. He needs to be set free, where are the signs in the AJC to free the Atlanta 1, unjustly accused. He has not has his day in court. He needs to be freed. FREE THE ATLANTA 1, FREE THE ATLANTA 1.

By Freddy K.

October 2, 2007 12:41 PM | Link to this

Maybe he can help Vick train his dogs?

By Bridget

October 2, 2007 12:47 PM | Link to this

I feel he should be deported along with the slaveholders and policeman who violated blacks human rights. They are no better than him although they were born in this country. It should be fair justice for All.

By Bear

October 2, 2007 12:47 PM | Link to this

We are in the middle of being colonized by Mexico and south/central American illegal aliens, and our government is spending time and money on an 85 year old man. Another grand example of how mixed up our thinking has become. Public funded madrassas in New York, gay fairy tales to second graders, Iran scrambling to obtain a nuclear weapon while fightning a proxy war against the U.S., Hillary’s push to socialize medical care, allowing immigration from terrorist states since 9/11; these are where our priorities should be. Absurd.

By todd

October 2, 2007 1:03 PM | Link to this

Let this man be. And all of you reporters that are hovering around tthis home leave. If this man did do something he has to live with it. but since he is in America now he has the right to stay. This is a very bad judgement of our Goverment. Why not go after the real illegal Aliens and do your job. Ican not believe this is such a hot topic for our Goverment. What a shame!!!

By R. Stucky

October 2, 2007 1:04 PM | Link to this

I believe he lied to enter the country BUT I wonder WHY it is just now coming to light after he has built a full life here. At 19 and 20 he probably didn’t know what was really happening, but after he came to the US as a man in his 30’s he knew what had happened wiith all the publicity about it. Understandably he was scared and didn’t want to be deported., but he did know. At his age what good will it do him or his family to be deported? However, if he were even ten years younger, I would expect him to return to Germany. It is very sad for both sides. Why after all these years… ? The law should be upheld, yet his life has been lived and the millions have died. Only God can know what was and is in his heart and be judged.

By Cheryl Norwood

October 2, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this

Not all Germans caved in and supported Hitler. Yes, most of them were persecuted and many died. Ever hear of Dietrick Bonhoeffer? He and the “Confessing Church” stood up to Hitler. Thousands of others, like Corrie Ten Boom, not only refused to renounce their religious beliefs and bow to Hitler they also risked their lives to SAVE those Hitler wanted to exterminate. And how do we know he’s changed? How do we know he hasn’t been spreading his racism to others? Do we know how many people he’s infected with the poison of the Holocast? Ship him back—let Germany deal with him. He lied to get US citizenship, he’s lying now.

By jon

October 2, 2007 1:16 PM | Link to this

Should the government pursue this case?

Imo, it’s not the government, but a department within the Justice dept named Office of Special Investigations, which behaves like a Jewish Revenge League . This same office years ago railroaded an innocent man to prison for 7 years. “Eyewitnesses” confirmed he was Ivan the Terrible. It was later revealed the prosecutor sat on evidence which would have exonerated the accused.

They’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel when a guard is a “war criminal”.

I guess next they’ll be raiding nursing homes to look for “Nazi war criminals” who sewed the uniforms.

By kjy112

October 2, 2007 1:20 PM | Link to this

I do not believe this man should be deported. I supposed the immigration system is so broken that it took them 65 years to finally descover this man’s stature as an ex-nazi. Furthermore, it just shows how our immigration law is flawed. I mean the man is 80+ years old, and after 65 years you going to deport him? Where is he going to go? Who is he going to be living with? People do change over time, and anyone that is educated or has been educated by life knows that. Deportation is just as harsh as the recent “Jena 6” case.

By Cheryl Cooper

October 2, 2007 1:21 PM | Link to this

Deport or not to deport — that is the question. Has anyone considered that this land was actually inhabited by a people and many nations before the Anglos landed in North America? You’re talking illegal. Was it legal to come to a place with its own citizens and say I’m taking over? Was it legal to remove these citizens because the stronger one decided co-habitation wasn’t an option? The conqueror wanted the whole thing. Was that legal? What he did was wrong. Slavery was also wrong. I don’t see anything recorded that plantation owners were prosecuted for owning and murdering slaves (human beings with rights)in this country. Whose being held accountable for the injustices that occur right here? African Americans had to fight for the right to vote, look what happened to many of them? It’s all been photographed. Who was held accountable? The pictures of the perps were plastered across the nation. Was anyone held accountable? What reparations are being made to give the Native Americans back their land? Is the government going to repent for sending them to reservations? We cannot change the past, but we can surely strive to make a better future. We are all wrong. What will sending him back do? If the Jewish community feels he should be deported, then let it be.

By Michael

October 2, 2007 1:25 PM | Link to this

This man lived in the United States for over fifty years without, evidently, so much as a parking ticket.

The hysterical ranting by many of those commenting on this story is truly nauseating.

There is no evidence that this man ever did anything other than his required duty. Leave this poor gentlemen in peace.

By janet peavy

October 2, 2007 1:42 PM | Link to this

He’s old. Let him apologize for whatever crime that we say he committed over 50 years ago and let’s move on with life. Why continue to drag up a horrific history? This country has it’s own horrific history dealing with the black race. I don’t see you hunting up the KKK.

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 1:45 PM | Link to this

SLIM: and how do you know that this man in question went above and beyond, eh??

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 1:56 PM | Link to this

locks like most of the people look at it with an objective mind. By no means do I think a true war criminal has to be forgiven, first of all , it’s not up to me to do that anyways, he would have to get forgivness from a higher power. why don’t you guys ,who want to be so quick in condeming the man, wait unti our perfect and honorable country has clear evidence and proof of this man’s participation in the war???? Is it too much too ask to let this man have his day? What is wrong with some of you, that you are so quick with accusations? It almost sounds like some of you were there during this time.

By Jean Hughes

October 2, 2007 1:57 PM | Link to this

I understand not wanting to harbour war criminals but this guy is 85 years old. It will kill him but especially his wife. Why has it taken so long to find him? At this point it makes us look like torturers. He was 19 years old at the time.Hitler Youth were pretty much forced to do what they did. I am NOT condoning them in the least but to deport someone at 85 just does not make sense. I don’t even know whether he could do community service at this age; if so, then by all means let him do something to give to his community.

By CC

October 2, 2007 2:25 PM | Link to this

To anyone unable to differentiate between members of the SS and common guards & footsoldiers, I suggest you go pick up a decent book and alleviate your profound ignorance of the history of WWII and Nazi Germany. Any SS recruits not capable of an acceptable level of cruelty & barbarism would have been weeded out and sent back to the regular army long before receiving a post at one of the death camps.

By Jenny

October 2, 2007 2:27 PM | Link to this

We have to remember our history lest we repeat it. Discussion about other illegal immigrants, etc. is important, but not in this context. This man contributed to the brutal treatment and execution of men who were just as gentle looking then as he is now. It is a privilege for an outsider to live here, not a right. Part of this tragedy is that it took us so long to identify him. I can’t discuss this with my 10 year old and come up with any reason why it is okay to look away and “let the guy spend his last years in peace.”

By SHUTUP

October 2, 2007 2:30 PM | Link to this

DEAR AFRICAN AMERICANS - PLEASE STOP COMPARING WWII AND THE HOLOCAUST TO WHAT HAPPENED IN AMERICA 50 YEARS AGO - SOME BLACK PEOPLE GETTING ATTACKED BY DOGS IS IN NO WAY A COMPARISON TO THE SLAUGHTER, STARVATION, AND TORTURE OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE - WHY DO YOU ALL FEEL WE CARE TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY? THIS HAPPENED IN EUROPE, NOT HERE, SO STOP TRYING TO PLAY THE RACE CARD IN EVERY D@MN BLOG!

THANK YOU!!!

By CC

October 2, 2007 2:35 PM | Link to this

Cheryl Cooper, how is it relevant to this situation that others have escaped this world without answering for crimes against humanity? You do not “build a better future” by excusing genocide & mass murder.

By Tony W.

October 2, 2007 2:42 PM | Link to this

My mom, who lived through WWII in France as a young child, has always said, “It was another time, and soliders had their jobs to do.” My grandfather, a nuclear scientist at the time in France, was even taken prisoner by the Germans. Even though this man was a guard and handled dogs, and even volunteered for the army and became part of the SS, it was probably the case of either joining or eventually being drafted. You want to blame someone, blame Hitler. As bad as it was, this poor man was just doing his job. Leave him alone.

By cinque

October 2, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this

First, let me say that our country can really really throw me for a loop at times. I must piggyback Jeff’s comment earlier, while they are deporting an 85 year old ex-Nazi, DONT FORGET TO SEND THOSE 50-70 YEAR OLD EX-COPS IN GA,MS,AL ETC. The beat, killed, and tortured Black Americans fighting for their civil rights. Leave this man alone, who cares at this point, we have much bigger issues right now. Any scapegoat to keep our eyes of the real issues,i.e. illegal searches, unwarranted wiretapping, the “War in Iraq”. Come on AMERICANS WE MUST WAKE UP AT SOME POINT! ARE WE ALREADY LIVING IN THE MATRIX AND DON’T REALIZE IT. THINK ABOUT THAT.

By SHUTUP

October 2, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this

OPPS, so sorry - I meant to say, why do you all feel we care to hear what YOU have to say? In every freakin’ blog? Blah, blah, blah……

Stop comparing genocide to racial indifference in America.

Thank you.

By cinque

October 2, 2007 2:58 PM | Link to this

To: Shut Up,

That’s exactly what you need to do..shut the ignorance up. First of all pick up a history book and realize that we(black people), were killed in this country from the early 1600’s until the late 1960’s by racist whites and slaveowners. Therefore, before you make a comment about something you should read a book, go to college like I did, or google it. Furthermore, what happened to the Jewish people was tragic to say the least. But we endured 350 years before someone stepped in and helped us out.

By Christina

October 2, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this

Well, I knew that it wouldn’t be long before “RACE” was mentioned and the conversation turned to civil rights and slavery and etc, etc, etc. Again, what happened yesterday is HISTORY and cannot be fixed with a do-over, what happened 100+ years ago is an eon away and unless you have a time machine, really nothing can be done about that either. The HISTORY will always be that, HISTORY.

This is not about blacks. We are actually talking about an 85 year old man that supposedly trained dogs in Nazi Germany to attack jews if they escaped the concentration camps. Granted, 50+ years later and there is no concrete proof that anyone actually was killed or maimed by his actions. There are no witnesses to give up testimony. It is all circumstantial.

I know that blacks have suffered because living in Atlanta, it is crammed down your throat every day. Yes, slavery was a horrible thing that happened hundreds of years ago, but what is it that I should do about it. Walk up and apologize to every black that I come across for the atrocities that may have been committed against one of their family members. Why should I have to apologize? If there are racists out there, look no further than a black person. We have Black History month, do we have White History month? NO!! Why? Because that would be racist. Talk about a double-standard. Don’t lump all white people in the same pot because I most certainly don’t lump all blacks together.

Anyhow, getting back to the real reason of this blog….a former SS soldier. I am not a religious person by any means, but someone had mentioned the quote, “Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone…”…I say AMEN to that. Some of us are judging this poor man without a trial, without concrete proof of guilt, and just because of the word of biased people who specifically hunt Nazi’s. I say if the gov’t didn’t figure out he was lying on his app. way back in 1955, then it’s over. He should stay and the gov’t should just admit that it was their mistake. There is too much stuff that needs to be taken care of here and now to worry about 50+ years ago.

By SHUTUP

October 2, 2007 3:20 PM | Link to this

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, I knew I’d get you all riled up! Just can’t handle it can you.

And one doesn’t have to go to college to be as smart and ignorant- free as yourself!

Get over yourself.

I’ll shut up when you shut up.

By Theresa Jones

October 2, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this

Congress and President Reagan gave amnesty to all who came to our country illegally, including alleged Nazi war criminals. Mr. Henss cannot legally be deported.

By ddey

October 2, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this

Allot of these posts show American ignorance to history; most don’t have any idea what it meant to be a member of the SS. I knew people who moved to the US who were upstanding citizens here and members of the Hitler Youth when boys or even Nazi party members (they weren’t racist etc..). Being a member of the SS was like being a green beret here (highest honor), except the orders from their superiors came to be one of the most despicable acts of western civilization. The people who crafted the horrible events that took place have long since died.

Now we go after the people who were just young men doing what their country told them to do in a time of war as war criminals? How is this guy a war Criminal he trained dogs, guarded what he was told are Prisoners (just like a guard does at a US Prison today or American Guards did against the Japanese Americans they detained during the war (yes American war dogs were trained to kill also)).

There is no proof this guy Personally killed anyone (witch in a time of war isn’t illegal, it would be how he killed people, there is no proof).What do you people think this guy should of done back in the 40’s train an army of Dogs to wipe out the German army? The Bin Laden’s of the Nazi Party are long gone, its now time to let these for over 60 some years law abiding soldiers and now just men have the peace they didn’t get to enjoy as young men.

By HB

October 2, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this

It is a shame that it took 50 years for the government to discover this information.

By Freddy K.

October 2, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this

Need some cheese to go with that whine. Poor little me, I been getting my butt beat and being pooped on for 350 years. Bullchit, yyou ain’t that old in first place. You babbling about the past that some one wrote about in a book same as you doing here and passing judgement. He said, she said but the truth is we really do not know because we were not there and did not see a damn thing. So children time to hush story time is over.

By Freddy K.

October 2, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this

Need some cheese to go with that whine. Poor little me, I been getting my butt beat and being pooped on for 350 years. Bullchit, you ain’t that old in first place. You babbling about the past that some one wrote about in a book same as you doing here and passing judgement. He said, she said but the truth is we really do not know because we were not there and did not see a damn thing. So children time to hush story time is over.

By Freddy K.

October 2, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this

Congress and President Reagan gave amnesty to only blacks and browns, whites need not apply.

By Rickie

October 2, 2007 4:11 PM | Link to this

hahaha….good blogs from some of you. It’s crusty, it’s old and it’s wayyyyy past due. I doubt anyone can even come up now with anything against this old Sauerkraut 50+ years later. You all can fight and bring up all sorts of history and it ain’t going nowhere. Me? I ain’t apologizing to anyone for anything my ancestors did, it ain’t my beef, I have to life in this world and be responsible for my own actions, not for what my daddy or granddaddy did…and btw..I am German . Over and out, I am going home now.

By a german jew

October 2, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

I DONT THINK THERE IS A REASON TO SEND THE MAN BACK TO GERMANY. THIS IS BEEN OVER 50 YEARS AGO. I’VE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS IN ONE OF THOSE CAMPS. BUT WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT? NOTHING. ITS OVER ITS DONE. WHAT ABOUT ALL THE MEN WHO KILLED THE INDIANS? ARE THEY HAVE TO GIVE UP THEIR CITIZENSHIP? NO I DON’T THINK SO.THE MAN IS 85 YEARS OLD. WHAT ABOUT ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT, IS HE GONNA BE DEPORTED BECAUSE HE IS FIGHTING EVERY WAR IN EVERY COUNTRY HE CAN? AND MOTHERS LOSING THEIR SONS? WIFES LOSING THEIR HUSBANDS? IT IS HART ENOUGH TO LIVE WITH THE PAST,BUT WHY PUNISH SOMEBODY NOW AFTER OVER 50 YEARS?

By saints fan

October 2, 2007 4:23 PM | Link to this

He is not a poor man, he is elderly and he should be darn grateful that he was able to become an old man. Most of the people that were in the camps didn’t last long enough to celebrate their next birthday and he didn’t give a hoot. He lied to get in the country because he knew he wouldn’t be allowed to enter. He knows what he did. He did it willingly and accepted everything that went on in the camp and probably felt the same way as Hitler. Don’t let the little old grandpa face sway your feelings. Who cares that it was over 40 years ago. He was a monster and in my book he is still a monster wrinkled face and all. I say deport him. The should deport him to some 3rd world country where he will starve!!!!

By german jew

October 2, 2007 4:58 PM | Link to this

read the german historybooks before you open your mouth. do you even know what really happenend? if you dont iwould start reading. if you didn’t join the ss, you and your family would be dead soon. hitler promised a better lifew for everybody. so this kids joined the ss. i’ve lost family in one of the camps. what is wrong with this picture? the man is 85 years old why send him back now? why took it so long to figure his past out?

By BillyBob

October 2, 2007 5:17 PM | Link to this

Yes, it has been over 50 years and he IS an old man. But no matter what he has to pay for his part in one of the most horrific part of our history. The man lied to come into this country. His reply was that he wanted to put the war behind him. Did he ever think about the people he directly/indirectly help murder, mame, be experimented on, losing their loved ones when he knowingly joined and took part in the SS army?? No one forced him to become part of the SS Youth group and no one forced him to take part in the army. He could have helped the poor people being slaughtered… instead, being a coward, he helped the other cowards murder… sorry, he needs to be deported.

By By Donna

October 2, 2007 5:24 PM | Link to this

It is a sad statement of our society that we go after a 19 year old 60 years after an aledged war crime. Why not get all Germans that participated in WWII out of the country? Absurd, of course. Yet we are a country that allows the Iranian president to come as a celebrity and speak at a prestigious college. We are a country gone Mad!

By JasonS

October 2, 2007 5:45 PM | Link to this

49 of the 50 dogs confiscated from Mike Vick can be rehabilitated, but not this guy? C’mon!

The man is a product of his environment and was not a high ranking officer determining policy. Hold the policy makers responsible and acknowledge the soldiers were following orders. He was lucky to have received the guard duty (whether he volunteered or not) as he would have otherwise faced Allied guns or been shipped off to fight on the Russian frontlines. Getting Guard Duty is probably all that saved him from certain death. He did what he had to do to get through the moment. Anyone reading history or visiting the camps would certainly understand and likely do the same thing given the circumstances and socialist climate created by the Nazi leadership.

BTW: Did you notice where he lives and the kids that play in the street around his house? They appeared to be mostly minorites. Given his “Nazi” provenance, one would think he woudl not like that and act out against them or simply move, but he has not. His living in peace and not bothering anyone indiactres to me he is of no harm to anyone. Only he knows the truth and likely lives with the nightmares of all the atrocities he became witness to.

Next step… In 50 years, will our guards down in Guantanimo go on trial? I know the circumstances are different, but in both cases you have soldiers following orders and fulfilling their assigned duty, legal or not.

By Chris Semler

October 2, 2007 6:01 PM | Link to this

No. They should not deport him. Give me a break. What type of idiots are running this Office of Special Investigations! Perhaps we should deport these fools handling this case. I’m tired of hearing about the Holocaust!

By Alfred D.

October 2, 2007 6:34 PM | Link to this

I live in Germany Here’s how it was . first you were taken to a gasthouse for beer then told to line up as soon as some one slammed the door shut.(suprise). then every third person was chosen for S/S training. you didnt say no.he was lucky to be alive at all. BTW I’m more concerned about today then 65years ago.(perhaps if he spoke spanish they would let him stay).

By Allen

October 2, 2007 7:02 PM | Link to this

I do not condone the Nazi concentration camps, but what was this man supposed to do? He was 19 years old, doing what his country required by serving in the military during war(see U.S. soldiers in Iraq) —- if he had said ‘no’ at the time, they might have shot him or imprisoned him as a traitor or deserter. Leave him and his family alone. War is hell; always will be; and should be avoided unless ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. Hear that, George?

By Cyd

October 2, 2007 7:13 PM | Link to this

Should he be deported? Hang em!!

By Tom

October 2, 2007 7:34 PM | Link to this

No, he should not be deported. He has been an upstanding citizen of our country, far longer than he was a slave-soldier of the Germans. He should be allowed to live out his life in the land of the free.

By David

October 2, 2007 7:36 PM | Link to this

No, I think they should let him die in peace. If he was indeed only 19 years old at the time he was working as a guard, then he had basically been conditioned since he was a small child by propaganda to believe that the inmates within the concentration camps were evil men who would destroy Germany if they had the chance. He probably viewed what he was doing at the time as a great service to his country, just as prison guards in the US today view what they do as a service. I obviously feel sorry for the inmates in those camps, but I also feel sorry for the millions of young men who, like this guy, were deceived into the service of an evil regime.

By H. King

October 2, 2007 7:39 PM | Link to this

This is just another instance of U.S. political hipocracy and maybe an attempt to regain some kind of moral high ground.

During the last weeks of the war, the U.S. actively sought out many Nazis to emigrate to America for the sake of American military and technological “progress”. Scientists like Werner Von Braun who not only had full knowledge of the extent of death camps but who took advantage of the free labor to advance their work and the Nazi war effort. What did the U.S. government and American press do for Von Braun? Catered to him, feted him, and called him a hero.

Now we have Mr. Henss, as exploited in the 30s and 40s as many youth are by military and patriotic crusades today. And when that youth is no longer of use, we simply throw them away. So, if we hold him accountable, let us not stop there. Let us bring to justice all those who’s lives did not halt the march of misery both then and now. After we go through that long list, remaining true to our “convictions”, we latter-day Americans just may be forced to convict ourselves.

By L Campbell

October 2, 2007 7:50 PM | Link to this

OK, last I looked many who joined the Hitler Youth groups did so out of fear and misinformation.

Is it right to make such harsh judgement calls on something that happened 60 years ago and with the mentality and expereices of a different age? I mean really, what kind of sentences will our peers today have to face because of atrocities occurred in our lifetime and will be looked at 60 years from now?

Is it fair to hold ALL responsible for the horrid decisions of a few?

And more to the point, exactly what point of justice will be served by this act? What will truly be accomplished except that more lives will be ruined by the horrors that came from WWII….

By BUBBA SMITH

October 2, 2007 10:04 PM | Link to this

Lets reverse,how would you feel if this were you,Jesus died on the cross so all our sins could be forgiven.Average life span is 75 years.Pardon this man.

By Henry

October 2, 2007 10:23 PM | Link to this

He should NOT be deported. He should have a chance to live his last days in peace. How dare the media upset him and his wife. There are illegals immigrants and real criminals on every corner in this country. This is just another example of how corrupt the US can be.

By Kathy

October 2, 2007 10:56 PM | Link to this

YES!! Henss should be deported! Are you out of your mind! There is no statute of limitation on murder or mass murder. I am thankful he has been identified and he needs to go straight to trial in Germany. Why should he live out his life and die in peace and prosperity in the USA, when he has helped deprive so many innocent people of even their life? He does not deserve pity—he deserves justice. The sooner, the better! His wife Else probably knew exactly what he has done and was merely distressed that he had been found out and the charade is over!

By Lynn

October 2, 2007 10:58 PM | Link to this

No I do not think they should deport an 85 year old man because of his past!!!The only Judge on earth is God. No man or woman should judge another man or woman for any reason and if they do then they are in falt also!!!I was born and raised in GA. and I don’t know what this state has become….But I do know is the way I was raised and I was taught that no matter what color skin you have or what race you are everyone is the same no matter what!!!!!I DO NOT BELEIVE IN KILLING! AND I DO NOT BELEIVE IN JUDGING OTHERS FOR THEIR PAST!!!!

By bunchofbull

October 2, 2007 11:41 PM | Link to this

He was part of a force that invaded foreign lands, killed innocent civilians, and stole personal property - Exactly the same actions THE ISREALI MILITARY has taken for the past 60 years! STOP THE HIPOCRISY and let the man die in peace. There is a reason for the slogan “war is hell”.

By John Wilson

October 3, 2007 12:19 AM | Link to this

Letting a Nazi soldier stay in this country is an insult to the WWII vets.

By larry

October 3, 2007 1:34 AM | Link to this

War is Hell…during WWII it has been documented that American GIs who had been deployed behind enemy lines killed unarmed German soldiers who had surrendered to them because “they had no way to keep them under guard.” Have these same soldiers been convicted of murder? Hell no, only given medals of “honor”. Let him be.

By marie

October 3, 2007 1:55 AM | Link to this

All of you who seem to think that it is relevant to discuss illegal aliens in the midst of this thread: Do you really think that it was the latinos who said ‘hey guys let’s go screw over job opportunities for the Americans…? I think not. Has anyone bothered to look at how all of the business owners benefit from their wave of cheap labor? You think they give a damn about the fact that a Latino got the job that you needed/wanted? No, they see the dollar signs. Oh, and not to mention, American colonizers almost wiped out an entire race (native americans) and took countless amounts of land from Mexicans…. so, remind me again who the intruders are here?

With this being said, I do not mean to imply that Americans should just pack up and go back to where they once came from. No, just dont blame the latinos for trying to escape poor standards of living with a corrupt government to boot,(i mean honestly, put yourself in their shoes, what would you do?) but understand that most of our ancestors came from somewhere else too, trying to escape other restraints of their times.

By kench weathers

October 3, 2007 2:14 AM | Link to this

no he should not. he was a soldier.. he was doing what he was told. the feds have legalized torture & we are commiting genocide & a holocaust to the arab world. but the gov. wants to go after this old man???? for doing what he was told when he was a teenager??? seems like the federal govermnent favors certain groups of people over others cough cough jews over arabs.

By Becky

October 3, 2007 6:42 AM | Link to this

No, he should not be deported. The best purpose he could serve would be to tell us how he and many others were used for heinous government policy. Is that too liberal and compassionate for those of you with a Manichean world view?

As someone else said, we have many more urgent problems than what a teenager did more than sixty years ago. He and his wife should be left alone. Of course, they probably won’t be able to live out their lives in anonymity. Some vigilante or other may seek revenge…. It seems like after all these years of war and vengeance and retaliation, we could begin to abandon barbarism, on a personal scale right up to the national one.

By Rickie

October 3, 2007 7:34 AM | Link to this

some of you people are so ignorant and talk about something that you really don’t have a clue about. Read what some people in here wrote, people that have lived in Germany during that time, people of jewish background, people who have actual knowledge of those happenings in Nazi Germany and yet you still spout off with smart, brainless and rediculous explanations of what happened in Germany during war time. Some of you seem to be experts on this issue and yet you sound just plain ignorant because anyone who knows a bit about this knows the difference. If Paul Henss is guilty of anything like taking part in any killing of prisoners in any camp, he will be found out as long as nothing is clear about his participation, then the man has every right to be left alone. What’s wrong with the whole picture is , and we have seen it again and again, the news media grabbed a hold of this and smears it’s filth because it makes money for them. We have seen it happening in the case of the Olympic bombing in case you all forgot!

By Rickie

October 3, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this

H.King: thank you for your blog, I had mentioned the group around von Braun in a previous blog here. It’s sad, that so many folks spout off their mouth about stuff that they have no clue about. What’s happening to Paul Henss is unfortunate now. The things that happened in Germany during the WWII were so complex that noone in here will even understand what made the wheels turn and what exactly were the powers that turned Germany into a dark and hopeless country during that time.Noone should have to live through anything like this again and quite frankly I am not sure if the times we live in right now aren’t even worse with things to come.

By heika geist

October 3, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this

O.k first off i agree with everyone else….they need to do something about all this illegal immigration before they mess with a formal Nazi who was only serving his country…. Second he only did what many other countries and soilders do all the time in present day wars and battles..so why bother him?…and even if he is a formal Nazi he has his own beliefs and as long as he has no criminal record he should be left alone….

By Laura

October 3, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

Let’s let bygones be bygones. This man has apparently not been in any trouble since he came to this country. Yes, he lied on the papars he filled out but at the time he was no doubt afraid of being rejected. He’s old, 85, and not much time left. This was 60 years ago (I’m 61). I would much rather my tax dollars be spent on more important things such as social security, medicare, health care, education, anything but tormenting an old man who did something as a child and has not doubt repented (only God knows). Let him and his wife live what few years they have left in peace.

By Jazz

October 3, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

PEOPLE WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HE IS 85 YEARS OLD. HE HAS BEEN IN THE US FOR ALMOST 50 PLUS YEARS AND HE HAS NOT COMMITTED A CRIME. IF THEY WANT TO KILL HIM THEN THEY HAVE FOUND A WAY BY SENDING HIM BACK.

By Mary

October 3, 2007 11:01 AM | Link to this

It was indeed interesting to see this man come up on charges after I just finished reading about the Holocaust, seeing the bodies of Jews lying about the ground, and the abuse that went on and on and on with seemingly no end in sight. I understand the man is old and I truly feel for him but I feel for the victims of the Holocaust too, thier families left behind never to see thier loved ones again, know of thier whereabouts, where they are buried, no place to go and visit them. The bible speaks of how your sins always find you out, no matter what the age. To God, we are just one age and the atrocities that happened there at the many concentration camps in Germany have NOT been forgotten, no matter HOW MANY YEARS have passed. “History forgotten is bound to repeat itself” and we can see in some parts of our world where that has happened (although not on the large scale during the Holocaust where 6 million Jews were brutally tortured and slaughtered). Now, as far as this man is concerned, perhaps he truly wasn’t a part (voluntarily), perhaps he was…that is for God to judge. I can say I wouldn’t want to ever be in the position where I was forced through civil work to commit these atrocities. If this man did do these crimes and participate, shame on him and I hope that he has found it in his heart to ask the Lord for forgiveness. Even though God forgives when we ask, the consequences of our sins are always laid out for us.

By Mary

October 3, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this

For the person who said for the Jews to “Get over it”. Are you kidding me? Seriously? Hmmm, let’s say you’re about 3 or 4 years of age and you’re brutally ripped out of the arms of your mother, then forced to watch them kill her in front of you along with your brothers and sisters, why they kept YOU alive only God knows. Listen here Smokey Joe, DON’T TELL THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED TO GET OVER IT! As far as the blacks and the whites are concerned, you talk about the Jews not getting over it but I’ve heard nothing from black people (and mind you I’m not racist at all…I have a black nephew) but how all of us white people hung the blacks. Uh, not sure if I remember but I’m pretty sure I wasn’t there! If you’re going to say get over it to the Jews, first clean the speck from you’re owned damned eye mister JOE!

By CWest

October 3, 2007 11:40 AM | Link to this

The Pope was also a member of the Hitler Youth.

By mel

October 3, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this

Yes. He has been taking advantage of the US for how long? Let him in his last years go suffer whatever ailments he may have in his own land. He is not an American citizen.

By Sheri

October 3, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this

Leave this man alone!!

I can’t believe all of the money and resources that are being spent on this one person when we have millions of illegals roaming around our city, state and country just draining our social systems….And committing crimes!!!

As usual, the Federal Gov’t needs to get a clue!

By qball

October 3, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

It is surprising that all of you who would weigh in with your opinion as alleged experts on the atrocities committed by WWII nazis so easily forget that any atrocities committed during war time are the product of the functionally insane, a false sense of nationalism and a diabolical sense of and urge to campaign for moral superiority. War makes criminals out of all those who choose to involve themselves in it. The term “war crimes” is a contradiction in terms. War is hell, and killing is killing, no matter how you try and justify the necessity for it. Innocent, unarmed civilians on both sides become the victims of opposing military machines. It is amazing how ignorant and brainwashed the American public is with regard to the so called moral superiority of the United States and its leaders. Go ahead, deport him, he’s probably not going to live much longer anyway, but rather than hold him accountable for committing an act that happened 65 years ago (which incidentally has yet to be substantiated except for what the US government’s so called historians tell us), why can’t we evolve past the need to prescribe some retribution just to satisfy our ego and our own poorly conceived and vaguely defined sense of what is morally correct. Why?, because, like the death penalty, which has never been shown to have ant corrective or deterrent value, we believe that justice, despite the fact that it is more about revenge, should prevail. He’s 85 years old. God forbid anyone should have to live so long with the memory of being a participant in the holocaust. Trust me, trust me all you self-righteous, bombastic idiots, HE’S DONE HIS PENANCE. LET IT GO

By linda

October 3, 2007 3:08 PM | Link to this

first of all JEFF…Jews were not the only people killed in the camps. Homosexuals, Catholics priests and GERMANS…who spoke out against Hilter and his regime. Secondly…history is past tense. Does he pose a threat to people today ? is justice truly going to be served. Did God not teach to turn the other cheek. We are a society of hypocrites. You want to deport this geriatric to serve what purpose ??? It’s costing us more money to get this process going. please…get real

By John

October 3, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this

Why not investigate some Japs? Is it not popular enough because we are not jewish?

By Jeffisgoofingoff

October 3, 2007 5:32 PM | Link to this

Its interesting to see Bill Nigut support deporting this guy especially when he uses terms like ‘freedom fighter’ and ‘insurgent’ to describe those who would shoot him and his relatives dead without feeling guilty about it.

By Flora

October 3, 2007 6:24 PM | Link to this

What a wonderful forum for blacks to spew venom at whites, whites to spew venom at Mexicans, Americans to villify their government, Jews to spew venom at Christians, and all to display their marvelous ingenuity. Hello!!! Deportation for the purpose of being tried for criminal acts of any kind is NOT a racial, religious, or even a national issue. It is simply what is done. It is at trial that he will be found guilty or innocent. Are we objecting to giving the man a fair trial or to denying whatever legal system who accuses him? No none of that: We just want to say how much we hate everybody and how everybody should be tarred and feathered and burned at the stake for doing, or not doing, what we feel they should (should not) have done. No wonder this country is in the mess it is in. We are a bunch of hate mongers with an axe to grind: Not at the issue at hand but for our pet peeves in general. God send a message for this MESS AGE.

By J Franks

October 3, 2007 6:54 PM | Link to this

There were many people that joined the Nazi youth simply because everybody did it then. It was like a little club that all the kids got to do. He had absolutely no idea what he was getting himself into. Now that he knows, he is sorry and is trying to live a meaningful and sin-free life. If you want to prosecute him, do what Jeffisgoofingoff said and convict the policemen that used dogs to attack african americans in the 60’s. Also, nail the Klan, which is still active down here in Lawrenceville(the same town as Henss lives in). Yes, I live in the same town as the guy, and I’m not threatened at all. I feel like going to his house to appologize for the way that America is being to him and his wife. Let Paul Henss Stay

By Buster

October 3, 2007 7:06 PM | Link to this

If Ossama B.L. was 95 and a “grandpa”, should we just ignore what he did? Are guy’s crazy?

By JJ Harper

October 3, 2007 7:20 PM | Link to this

I just loved the comment - “…God-knows-how-many Jewish families…” The last time I checked my bible, God has nothing to do with Jews and vise versa. Read John 3:16 for example. Do Jews believe in Christ? Nope. If you folks will look around yourselves, you’ll see the destruction Jews have caused not only in America - but world wide. A very good example is that of the ACLU. America better wake up! Keep supporting the Jews, folks! Before long, “Christmas” will be illegal in America!

By Steven

October 3, 2007 7:46 PM | Link to this

C’mon, he was enrolled as a Hitler Youth as a 12 year-old. if anything, we should be offering him counseling.

By Blue Water

October 3, 2007 8:23 PM | Link to this

To be a forgiving nation, we are a poor example. Leave the poor man alone. I would never kill but I’d like to see a few races done away with right now.

By Lee

October 4, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this

Please forgive this man! Yes what he did is unforgivable, but he was doing the things he was told to do, just as our military do as they are told. He has had live all these years with the memories of all the atrocities that occured then. That enough is a life sentence.

By Anna Katz

October 4, 2007 2:30 PM | Link to this

Shame on you for even asking if he should be allowed to stay….He should Absolutely be deported asap… He Lied to get into and stay in the USA….His losses…if ANY are NOTHING compared with our parents and Grandparents …who also were told they were no longer citizens..ripped from there Homes with the Help of this guys dogs….and use as sport to attack Jews..in and out of the death camps…the Least he should suffer is being Deported….he should go to prison…We as children of Survivors know the truth….Millions of Murdered..Slaughtered.,…not by hate but by APATHY….forgiveness is not the issue…Justice is and it can not come too soon ” justice delayed, is justice denied”

By Anna Katz

October 4, 2007 2:48 PM | Link to this

Shame on you for even asking if he should be allowed to stay….He should Absolutely be deported asap… He Lied to get into and stay in the USA….His losses…if ANY are NOTHING compared with our parents and Grandparents …who also were told they were no longer citizens..ripped from there Homes with the Help of this guys dogs….and use as sport to attack Jews..in and out of the death camps…the Least he should suffer is being Deported….he should go to prison…We as children of Survivors know the truth….Millions of Murdered..Slaughtered.,…not by hate but by APATHY….forgiveness is not the issue…Justice is and it can not come too soon ” justice delayed, is justice denied”

By Anna Katz

October 4, 2007 3:26 PM | Link to this

Shame on you for even asking if he should be allowed to stay….He should Absolutely be deported asap… He Lied to get into and stay in the USA….His losses…if ANY are NOTHING compared with our parents and Grandparents …who also were told they were no longer citizens..ripped from there Homes with the Help of this guys dogs….and use as sport to attack Jews..in and out of the death camps…the Least he should suffer is being Deported….he should go to prison…We as children of Survivors know the truth….Millions of Murdered..Slaughtered.,…not by hate but by APATHY….forgiveness is not the issue…Justice is and it can not come too soon ” justice delayed, is justice denied”

By Lori

October 4, 2007 6:10 PM | Link to this

Leave him alone! I’d like the government to do a better job of going after dead beat parents who are not paying child support!

By justice for the dead

October 4, 2007 6:10 PM | Link to this

This man avoided being judged 52 years ago when he lied about his murdereous past. He has lived in freedom for more years than the people he killed ever got to….send him back to “his people”!!

By a. merrill

October 4, 2007 6:41 PM | Link to this

no , he shouldnt be deported . tell that a-hole prosecutor to leave him alone . what good will it do. the govt has better things to do with our money than harass scared old men . nop one can change the holocaust , it was a horrible thing . but it was 65 yrs ago . move on jews . let it go. it will never happen again with all the media these days . so tell that jerk to leave that old man alone

By Sean

October 4, 2007 6:44 PM | Link to this

Don’t we have a lot more corruption in our government right now that should be the head in the headlines? An 85 year old nazi dog trainer is really making this big an impact? Is it possible he came to America to start a new life, one in which he hated in Germany? We claim to be a Christian nation, can we forgive like a Christian? 65 years later… Come on, it’s okay to remember the past to not try and make the same mistake, but to create a news story, now that is just downright obsurd. This man;s past has probably haunted him for his whole life, let him die in PEACE

By Francois DEry

October 4, 2007 6:52 PM | Link to this

No, he was only a guard. What would happen in the future if president Bush was accused of crime against humanity, would every soldier be held responsable? He was only following orders. This is vendetta.

By Wayne

October 4, 2007 6:54 PM | Link to this

65 years is a long time. Is there a limit to when to prosecute crimes? Should the Jews be held accountable for the death of Jesus? Should Arabs be responsible for ransaking Jeruselum? Should families of Confederate soldiers be responsible for Union deaths? Should the US Government be held responsible for the atrocities of General Sherman on the South? Where do you draw the line? At some point we must say “NO” to this endless cycle of hate and vengence and retribution. Let him alone.

By kurt klosiewski

October 4, 2007 7:17 PM | Link to this

Just how long do we kick a dead horse? This man was a scared kid 65 years ago,like the scared kids that went to Canada during the Vietnam conflict. He was of no hi rank,walk in this mans shoes. Statute of limitations? Don’t we have enough REAL problems to deal with right now?

By Ed Johnston

October 4, 2007 10:01 PM | Link to this

YES FOR SURE HE WAS WRONG AND HE KNEW IT

By The Nerd

October 4, 2007 10:11 PM | Link to this

Aw now come on, JJ Harper! You know it and I know it that the jews did not, repeat, DID NOT kill Jesus, he was killed for our sins, “vous et moi”!

And how in the world that you will not justify what the jews did in the past, while during WWII, 6 billion of those “Chaunakah Celebrants” were brutally murdered by those Nazi sons of…yin-yangs?

By Bill

October 4, 2007 10:38 PM | Link to this

Leave the man alone. He trained dogs to catch escaped prisoners. I don’t see how that counts as a war crime. Now don’t think I support or approve of what the nazi did, but if he hadn’t done as he was told, what might have happened to his family? They would have been killed by the Nazi regem. In that possition, any of us would defend our family before strangers. And as far as his lie about his envolvment, there are people in this country who lie through their teeth for less than their freedom. I know time cannot erase the wrongs of the past, but if he was really involved in the horrible attrocities done by these monsters, then he will be punished when jugdment day comes.

By Tony

October 4, 2007 10:55 PM | Link to this

I think this isnt about justice,its about blood thirsty revenge. I cant believe people on here are making this one man who was all of 19 yrs the mastermind of the extermination of 6 million jews. This is nuts,there is no proof he killed anyone but people want his head on a plate and how he is this monster based on nothing. I would like to see if you had a choice of follow orders or get shot in the head which you would choose.

By ryan

October 5, 2007 3:52 AM | Link to this

First of all, JJ Harper, you’re an absolute moron. Of course Jews don’t believe in Christ, we have our own religion and God, and it’s one of the oldest in the world. It works fine for us, and we’re very tolerant of just about everyone, except when they hate us just for being us. What is the example of the ACLU? Not much of an example without any elaboration. If he entered the United States under false pretenses and was a ex-Nazi dog trainer at the time, there is no way they would have let him stay. So he needs to leave now that this has been discovered. It doesn’t matter how long ago it was, and it’s scary that this is even under consideration to let this man continue to enjoy the many benefits that come with living here. He’s lucky that Jews don’t have their own little special army to carry out our beliefs. We trust the government to do it for us, and they definitely should in his case.

By Sina Hoy

October 5, 2007 5:19 AM | Link to this

Gee, it is not like the guy is going to hell. He is just going back to his native country. Why is he so agianst going back to his past if he is innocent?

By alan from Atlanta GA.

October 5, 2007 7:43 AM | Link to this

YES! He may have been 19 yo. but he knows that you don’t train dogs to attack and kill and believe he does not know how they will be used. Joining the SS indicated he was a strong Nazi supporter. He was at the camps and saw conditions. How many 19 yo were killed at the concentration camps and never enjoyed living until 85. How many infants had their heads bashed against walls and never lived until one year even? How many prisoners were seperated by the dogs and sent right or left? I have visited amny of the camps in Europe and there was no way he did not know what was going on. The only troubling thing is that he even lived to 85.

By Land

October 5, 2007 8:39 AM | Link to this

The only Nazis left in power are the ones in charge in Washington. Bush, Cheney and Company,are the only ones who need to be tried in a War Crimes Trial.

By dennisr

October 5, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this

like always , it’s the little guy who gets it. it amazes me that a 19 year old guard is retro-activly classefied as a ” war criminal “. yet if you were a scientist at peenemunde who made bombs and rockets , you were welcomed into this country as a scietific refugee. so long as you had a skill that we could exploit for our own uses. honestly , who did more harm . we all know ” hitler was bad “. we all saw the same film cartman had to .

By steve

October 5, 2007 8:58 AM | Link to this

I believe in forgiveness.

I think that you can only ask God to treat you as you treat others.

By Joan

October 5, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

The people that were tortured and murdered should be remembered and never forgotten. This man joined the SS willingly and knew what was going on. What took us so long in finding this liar? Does he want us to think he was training the soldiers and dogs for AKC dog shows? Lets never forget what really went on there.

By Freddy K.

October 5, 2007 9:38 AM | Link to this

Let’s deport him, the illegals and the Jews. Then we can be done with it.

By Gwen

October 5, 2007 10:00 AM | Link to this

To Shut UP: Your relatives probably put the dogs on my parents and we can link this with the Holocaust.

We were snatched from our home land to till land that didn’t belong to us. We weren’t paid and when we wanted out we were whipped, hung or both. So you SHUT UP! Leave him alone

By lin

October 5, 2007 10:11 AM | Link to this

what would jesus due? forgive him and love him all have sinned and come short in gods eyes but he still loved us and forgave us this person will one day answer to god but for now let him stay he is old we need show usa is a better country then other countries otherwise we cast him out we no better then anyone else

By GatorGuy

October 5, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

Lee -“Please forgive this man! Yes what he did is unforgivable” That does not make sense.

I am appalled that people thing he should be left in peace. I am assuming that you do not truly understand what happened during the holocaust. He was not an innocent kid. He joined the SS, not the German army. He trained dogs to tear apart human beings. Women and Children! He is lucky that he got to live in peace for 50 years. Spending the rest of his life in prison (one that is FAR BETTER than his victims endured) is a start. Once he dies, he will have to answer for his sins.

By GatorGuy

October 5, 2007 10:42 AM | Link to this

a. merrill

let it go. it will never happen again with all the media these days….move on Jews

You are dead wrong. I could happen again and somebody WILL try it. The difference is that WE will stop it, not count on others.

We have moved on, but we will never forget.

By Sonya

October 5, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this

I do not think this man should be deported. He has done wrong and has had to live with that all his life. People can change and Jesus will forgive any of us for our wrong doings if we ask him to. This country has bigger issues to worry about than this 85 year old man who hasn’t caused any trouble since he has lived here in the USA.

By Bob

October 5, 2007 10:47 AM | Link to this

I can see that this discussion runs strong with emotion, examples run to the extreme comparing him to bin Laden, our illegal immigration issue and civil rights violations to the mundane like he was only a kid, he’s too old and it didn’t happen in the US. Looking beyond all of this the truth of what happened is probably somewhere in the middle. Yes, he was young when this occurred, probably had little choice about being in the Hitler youth and military, did train dogs and was assigned as a guard in a concentration camp. Looking at his picture, he looks fair skinned and tall, probably light colored hair everything that the SS desired, so he probably was heavily recruited. On the other hand, he did fail to state that he was a camp guard when he came to this country, the dogs that were trained for the concentration camps were trained to kill and I believe it would be difficult not to know what happened in the camps. As far as I can tell from what has been reported, we have no direct evidence he was responsible for the death or torture of anyone. So the case for deporting him for that, unless additional information is available, that is not being reported, is not justified. I guess the larger question is do we deport him for lying fifty some years ago? For not answering truthfully during the immigration process, if the statute of limitations has not expired, let the courts decide his fate. I believe what happened in the concentration camps was horrible and everyone who participated, either passively or actively in the death and torture of others should be punished. But in this case it will be him answering to God, whether here or in Germany.

By gh

October 5, 2007 10:51 AM | Link to this

We should start prosecuting today’s evil doers on the highest levels. And those who insist on keeping WWII alive need to realize that the year is 2007 and we started an illegal war in Iraq that needs to be stopped before wasting time on an 85 year old man. This is a witch hunt!

By gmehl

October 5, 2007 11:31 AM | Link to this

It’s hard for me to understand those who have said to “leave him alone”. Would they say the same thing if after decades hiding out, a serial killer was exposed? I think not. Instead of feeling sorry for this man simply because he hasn’t been caught doing anything wrong since he illegally entered this country, they should be incensed that he got away with it for so long. Just because he has existed under the radar of law enforcement doesn’t mean he is a good person. If he didn’t think he did anything wrong, why did he lie about it? Sympathies need to be redirected to the holocaust victims and their families - where they belong.

By DAnte' Sigears

October 8, 2007 9:47 PM | Link to this

He should not be deported because it was’nt his decision to kill the Jews, it was his orders & if he did’nt he would be killed so he did what he did…. they should leave him alone because he has’nt said anything about it because he as young & he was’nt going to die young…. LET HIM STAY!!!!!!!!!!

By DAnte' Sigears

October 8, 2007 9:48 PM | Link to this

He should not be deported because it was’nt his decision to kill the Jews, it was his orders & if he did’nt he would be killed so he did what he did…. they should leave him alone because he has’nt said anything about it because he as young & he was’nt going to die young…. LET HIM STAY!!!!!!!!!!

By cathy

October 9, 2007 12:27 PM | Link to this

Are we prosecuting George Bush for his war crimes, torturing criminals & violating the Geneva convention? NO - Willing participant of the German Nazi war movement is an oximoron - like there was ever a choice. He paid his taxes & was a lawbiding citizan not an illegal alien. It was train the dogs or be killed. Ask yourself what you would do to save your family before you cast judgement on others placed in horrific situations. To compare this man to Osama is ludicris. The comparison would come between Hitler and Bin Laden.

By N. Anderson

October 9, 2007 10:43 PM | Link to this

Anyone working at a concentration camp knew what was going on in the camp. He should be held accountable and deported. He lied because he knew what he did was wrong. The victims of his camp didn’t have the opportunity to live peacefully to their eighties, and they certainly didn’t have peaceful deaths.

By Ashley

October 9, 2007 11:12 PM | Link to this

I think Paul Henss should be deported and executed for his crimes. So many people died in those camps and he has been able to live his life as if nothing happened. It is time for him to pay for the lives he took.

By Gerald

October 10, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this

Just a thought why did Russia and the U.S accept so many German scientists into their countries after WWII? They both used them to further their weapons/ missile progams.

It seems they treat the Nazi intelligencia differently than the foot soldiers