What Do You Think?

[jerrys1960]

I am sort of split on this one.

If the company did voluntary help the nazi transport people to their deaths then I agree there should be sanctions. However if German officials had a “Lugar at the company official’s/employee’s head” saying do this or die it creates a bit of a sticky dilemma. I guess the question would be did the company or employees try to help any of the people being transported to escape?

Then there comes the real dilemma since it is unlikely that any of the people involved in the events of WWII are still working at the company, should the children or grandchildren be held responsible for the actions of their ancestors?

If Adolf Hitler (even though he did not) but if, for the sake of argument, IF Hitler had a child that survived the war or after the war was over a grandchild, should the child or grandchild be held responsible for the actions of Adolf Hitler?

Seems like a simple to answer questions until one actually gets faced with responsibilities of the realities and consequences of the choices we make in answering those questions.


copied from:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143024


US May Allow Lawsuits for French Rail's Holocaust Complicity

by Gavriel Queenann
Follow Israel news on Twitter and Facebook.

American lawmakers have introduced legislation that opens the door to lawsuits against France's state-owned rail company (SNCF) over its role in shipping Jews to their deaths during the Holocaust, the French news aganecy AFP reports.

"Nothing will ever make up for the atrocities undertaken by Nazi Germany and its collaborators -- but every bit of justice is important," said Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, one of the bill's lead sponsors. "This bill allows some measure of justice and closure for those who have suffered."

The bill comes as a bipartisan response to SNCFs position that it is immune to legal action under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, its authors said last Thursday. The companny has formally expressed remose over the deportation of 75,000 French Jews to German death-camps, but it abdicated responsibility for its complicity, saying they were forced by the Nazi occupied Vichy regime to comply.

The bill comes at a time when SNCF is bidding on a $2.6-billion rail project linking the Florida cities of Orlando and Florida, which is a part of President Obama's multi-billion dollar initiative to improve rail service in the United States. The bill, currently in the House of Representatives, would have to be ratified by the Senate and signed by Obama, to become law.

In California last year, where the SNCF is also pursuing large rail contracts, lawmakers tried to pass a law obliging bidders to disclose involvement in wartime deportations. It was vetoed by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.