context: Martin Bormann was Hitler’s private secretary. After the war, the Allies tried him in absentia and spent decades hunting for him, mostly in South America. But he actually died in Berlin in 1945, and his remains were found in 1972 near a train station. So he was hiding under their feet the whole time while they searched the world. That smug anime face fits perfectly.
Even in death he can't help but fuck everyone over
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ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
How did they know it was his remains?
Also, what does it mean to get tried in absentia? I mean, I know he wasn’t there for the trial, but did he get like a defense lawyer or something…?
Rooster326@programming.dev 10 hours ago
They didn’t have DNA at the time. When they found the killers blood all over the scene, all they did was say ewwww
jdr@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
https://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/transcripts/7?seq=2787
He did have a lawyer, and got off on a couple of counts
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Dental records would be my guess