Evil Nazis

I just learned that Marinus van der Lubbe, who had been convicted by
the Nazis of starting the Reichstag Fire in 1933, was exonerated by
the Germans government earlier this year.  (Unfortunately, he had been
executed in 1934.)

I was surprised and dismayed, as I had figured that all Nazi-era
criminal convictions would have been automatically reversed as soon
as the Nazis were defeated.

Since the US, like many other countries, does not allow people
convicted of serious crimes to visit, that implies that over the years
many people have been refused entry into the US on the grounds that
the Gestapo didn't like them.  "If Hitler's goons thought you deserved
punishment, that's good enough for us -- we don't want your type.
Go away."
-- 
Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
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