| They didn't tho. West Germany was still governed by ex Nazi politicians and bureaucrats after the war. This was the primary reason that the Red Army Faction formed and carried out its attacks. The Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) was staffed by many ex SS officers. Nuremberg Trails are continuously trotted out as an example of a system that works, but 200k people are estimated to have participated in crimes against humanity, of which only around 6700 were convicted, or 3.3%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Saevecke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dickopf https://www.waz.de/politik/article4512500/die-braunen-jahre-... https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/history-research-third-reich-... https://www.jvl.levit.dev/the-prosecution-of-war-criminals https://us.cnn.com/2018/12/14/europe/germany-nazi-war-trials... |