Wolfgang's post war generation in Germany did not really have much of a say in dealing with those who were responsible for the horrors (some would say the whole nation was responsible) as this was largely settled by others before they were really old enough to be aware.

The big names had taken their own way out or those that remained had been tried and convicted with much publicity.

I wonder how that generation would have dealt with Goering, Speer etc - had this gang somehow survived to enable it?

However I feel the most telling was the treatment of the next wave of criminals due for judgement. The judges.

Stanley Kramer's 1961 film Judgement At Nuremberg http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055031/ is a very sensitive and emotional introduction to these lesser known trials. It demonstrates well the situation that Wolfgang describes and how this came about.