Abstract

The Legal Case Against Hitler

Since Germany has had demographic aims and tried to change the European balance of populations in its own favor, the most numerous and monstrous of its crimes fall into the category of crimes committed against inhabitants of the occupied countries. The feat of reprisals has also kept it from acting as ruthlessly against prisoners of war and in violation of the rules of warfare as it has acted against the captive nations. In addition to the traditional war crimes, German Dictator Adolf Hitler and his associates since 1933 have been guilty of murder, looting, torture, false imprisonment and other crimes against residents of Germany hated or feared because of their religion, race or political affiliations. If Hitler and his associates should escape, their extradition could be more effectively demanded on juridical than on political grounds.