In Schindler's List Amon Goeth was the person in charge of the forced labor camp at Plaszow. He was portrayed as a very evil character in the movie, and seemed to have no morals. He would kill prisoners for fun simply because he wanted to make examples out of them. When you are given the power over life and death many times it can corrupt the mind. From his very introduction in the movie, I wondered what would become of him when Germany loses the war. Although wikipedia is not the most credible source of information, I found an article on him. At the end of the war it states that he was extradited to Poland and tried. He was found guilty and then promptly executed. Here is the link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amon_Goeth
Goeth got was coming to him. After what he did to all those people, even if he had a bit of good in him deep down, he was still the devil reincarnate.
ReplyDeleteNo one deserves to be killed no matter what crime committed. Sure Goeth was a ruthless man and killed people for the joy but there had been a spark of goodness in him when he spared lives. Even though that spark of goodness disappeared, it doesn't mean it can't come back.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kian, I don't think people should have that much power over other people. I mean afterall what good came from killing Goeth? When people are executed I feel like they're being let off too easily. I don't believe any of the SS men should have been killed. They should have been left to live with a guilty conscience. By killing them in my opinion they're winning because they don't get to really comprehend the impact of their actions. Life after the war would be miserable for these men, being confronted with their faults everyday is far more painful than death, the pain of dying only lasts until you're actually dead. By killing these men they're put out of and spared of misery. In the film Schindler explains power as having every justification to kill but sparing the life. By killing Goeth doesn't that show that they too lack power just as Goeth did in the film?
DeleteI agree with Ina because i feel like killing them was like giving them what they wanted because they knew they were not going to be able to live after the Holocaust with their guilty conscious. All the SS men should have been sentenced to life in prison because of what they did and should have died with a guilty conscious, tortured.
DeleteThe problem with leaving all the SS men alive would be that they have proved to be dangerous to society. If they weren't any sort of threat, I would be all for letting them live with their guilty conscience.
ReplyDeleteI agree that they're a threat but I didn't mean to leave them alive to go about their ways and live a normal life. I meant life in prison. Sorry I should've been a bit more clear on that.
DeleteI think death is an easy way out. Living as a public outcast is much more painful. Having to live knowing the blood of so many is on your hands would be too much for many men or women. He should of been locked up to suffer in his own mind.
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