Calif. Woman Admits Nazi Link

[Union Label]

Published: 9/19/06, 9:46 PM EDT
By KIM CURTIS


SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An 83-year-old woman who admitted she had served as a guard at a concentration camp during World War II was deported to Germany, federal officials said Tuesday.

Prosecutors would not say how they learned about Elfriede Rinkel, but a department spokeswoman said investigators routinely compare guard rosters and other Nazi documents to U.S. immigration records.

Rinkel admitted in court documents that she worked as a prison guard at the Ravensbrueck camp near Furstenberg from June 1944 until the camp was abandoned by the Nazi government in April 1945. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, she worked with an SS-trained attack dog but was not a member of the Nazi party.http://home.bellsouth.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=1&bfromind=846&eeid=5038501&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=-2&ck=&ch=ne&s=na&_lid=575&_lnm=news+relatednews

How very strange that a ex-prison camp guard would marry a Jewish man. I wonder if it ever weighed on her mind in all those years.

[LaPera]

1. When will the Bush's admit their Nazi links and love of fascism?

[DRoseDARs]

2. It's not "weird" at all. The term for this is "war brides."

- Puts on flamesuit, just in case... -

An example would be Vietnam: Many servicemen married Southeast Asian women out of their own sense of guilt, whether that guilt was real or simply imagined (not everyone or even most who went to Vietnam came back a war criminal; the majority served with honor). Same has happened in Iraq. "War brides" have been taken throughout history and will continue to be taken. There's nothing wrong with it and is quite normal, though it might in some cases be symptomatic of unresolved issues with one's participation in a given conflict. In those cases, seeking professional help will in turn help that serviceperson's relationship with their partner. It isn't healthy for the underlining basis of a relationship to be a feeling of obligation to maintain it out of guilt; love should be the underlining motive. Doing away with the guilt, whether real or imagined, will improve their lives and strengthen the marriage.

[jaysunb]

3. Very thoughtful

and reasoned. :toast: