Questions About The Curious Case of Michael Krakoc 1. Does it make sense that the Nazis, who believed in the superiority of the Aryan race would appoint a Ukrainian, who they believed to be an “untermensch” or subhuman, as a top commander in their army? 2. Does it make sense that such a “top commander”, supposedly guilty of such serious war crimes, was neither prosecuted at Nuremberg nor thereafter for some 65 years? 3. Why would a man guilty of war crimes like those alleged publish a personal memoir of his role in World War II? 4. Why would a man allegedly guilty of such war crimes live under his real name in the United States 5. Is Michael Karkoc entitled to be presumed innocent until proven otherwise? Is the presumption of innocence in his case a mere technicality, or is it a substantive right? 6. If the accusation is a criminal accusation, shouldn’t Michael Karkoc be tried in a criminal court in the United States? 7. Why is the Karkoc matter being handled by immigration officials rather than by criminal prosecutors? 8. Can a prosecution of this nature be fairly conducted when the full force of the state is applied against a 94-year-old man with hardly any resources to defend himself? 9. At age 94, is Krakoc compos mentis? Would he be fit to travel or undergo a deportation? 10. Since the accusations are that Karkoc committed war crimes as an officer in a war setting, shouldn’t he be tried by a military panel? 11. Are Karkoc’s accusers using a flurry of accusations against him because they have no credible evidence connecting him to the commission of any war crime? 12. Karkoc is accused of being a “top commander”. What do they mean when they say he was a “top commander”? 13. Have any superiors to whom Krakoc allegedly reported, or higher in his chain of command, been tried for war crimes? 14. If Karkoc was a second lieutenant, as alleged, was such a second lieutenant a “top commander” . 15. Did a lieutenant of a “Ukrainian company” subordinated to the German command in WWII really have “command responsibility”? 16. What exactly was his “unit”? 17. What other German and Soviet units were operating in the areas of these villages? 18. What partisan units were operating in these areas? 19. What was the secret American government blacklist mentioned in the news media related to this matter? 20. What individuals, groups or organizations were on the blacklist? 21. Why was the blacklist secret? 22. Was the blacklist lawful? 23. Who drafted this blacklist? 24. Was the blacklist known to the US Army? 25. How consistently was it enforced? 26 In respect to the records being used by the accusers, what is the source of these “records,” “statements,” “other documentation,” “and Nazi SS files” being referred to? 27. Are these from Bolshevik Soviet records? 28. Are they authentic? 29. Who authenticated them? 30. What is their provenance (chronology of ownership)? 31. Was testimony secured under torture? 32. Who were the “men in his unit”? 33. Are they alive? 34. Who cross-examined them? 35. Did the Bolshevik Soviets execute them? 36. One witness mentioned in the news media was a man named “Malazheski”. Where is Mr. Malazheski now? Was he ever cross-examined? Was he executed by the Bolsheviks Soviets? 37. Who was the German SS officer allegedly being avenged? 38. Why wasn’t he replaced by another German SS officer?
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:38:17 +0000
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