An article in the Aug. 26 Tribune described how the Office of Special Investigations has speeded up activity to identify suspected Nazi war criminals living in the United States “because time is running out.”
Indeed it is. Most of the few remaining Nazis still at large are 75 or more years old, and in short order will be meeting their maker for final judgment.
Fifty years ago, the OSI mission was admirable, but surely the budget and talent of the OSI could now be put to a better purpose. Drug leaders responsible for the deaths and illness of youth in our inner cities could be identified and prosecuted.
Or the OSI could be reassigned to help countries like Rwanda, Bosnia or Cambodia round up the politicians responsible for all the senseless deaths in those countries. This would be more relevant to most Americans living today, and a more fitting memorial to those who died at Nazi hands five decades ago.
