Today I will finish examining the ‘criminal orders’ as presented by Wikipedia.
I will start with the Commissar Order. Once again for the sake of argument I will assume the document is authentic and translated in good faith.
A commissar is not defined as an innocent Jewish person therefore this order is not evidence of a genocide against Jewish people. And since when is it criminal for an army to protect its troops? In the guidelines it is stated, “In the battle against Bolshevism, the adherence of the enemy to the principles of humanity or international law is not to be counted upon. In particular it can be expected that those of us who are taken prisoner will be treated with hatred, cruelty and inhumanity by political commissars of every kind.” The Germans were not following international law because the Soviets were not following it and to do so would have been detrimental to the Germans. Everyone knows that it’s pretty stupid to follow the rules when your opponent is not.
You know what would have been interesting and fair? An International Military Tribune where all the participants of WW2 were judged by neutral parties and they all were held to the same standards. I wonder then how many criminal orders of the Allies would be dug up. But that never happened. Instead all we got was a show trial against the Germans put on by the victors who created ex post facto laws to condem their former enemy.
The last two orders on the list have no Wikipedia entry nor any citation. Why are they even on the list? To pad it out to look more impressive? I am unable to find any information on these reports so there is nothing to address. I am just going to assume that they are just more military orders and not orders to murder Jews for being Jewish. Because if there was such a thing it would definitely have a Wikipedia entry.
There you go, Hans Krupp, I have addressed the ‘criminal orders’. I am not sure what these orders are supposed to prove, but I do know they they do not prove a German preperated genocide against Jewish people.
The so called Soviet “partisans”, with many jews among them, were nothing more than mass murdering terrorists. Nothing says freedom fighters like brutally torturing and murdering prisoners and gunning down entire villages for “collaboration” with the Germans.
>… I will assume the document is authentic and translated in good faith.
I don’t need the translation, but the ones I’ve seen reasonably capture the essence of it — I think there’s no question the Kommissarbefehl is genuine — it was submitted as evidence at the IMT, and as far as I know was not contested by the defendants — it’s one of the things that sent Jodl and Keitel to the gallows.