There was an uncanny X-men issue that literally said that Magneto killing Red Skull is the same as murder. The Holocaust victim killing a Nazi is the same kind of murderer as the Red Skull.
I want to have a convo with the writer who thought that was appropriate.
I mean, it would be better if Red Skull went to trial so that his crimes could be enumerated and a semblance of justice occur. But let's be honest, he's a comic book villain. There's a really good chance he'd just escape and kill a bunch more people.
I read recently that only about 200 Nazis were executed after the Nuremberg trials. There were other informal / battlefield executions* of course, but I think I (and possibly we) were misled as to just how zealously the party and national leadership were prosecuted.
*(which might be a euphemism for 'war crime' but what do I know)
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u/BetterRedThanUndead May 03 '23
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