Concentration Camp Survivor Strangled
By Wyatt Earp | August 3, 2009
In 15 years as a Philadelphia police officer and detective, I have seen far too many disturbing scenes to remember. Most of them had an immediate effect, but none that were permanent. You learn to deal with it and move on.
That being said, this story absolutely sickens me.
Imagine you survive a Nazi concentration camp, emigrate to America, and become a successful business man – only to be senselessly murdered by thugs for a few dollars and a car.
This country is doomed.
NEW YORK – A 90-year-old Holocaust survivor was found strangled Thursday in his Upper East Side apartment, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner said Friday.
Felix Brinkmann, a native of Latvia, escaped death for a year while he was in the Nazis’ Mauthausen, Ebensee and Auschwitz concentration camps. Five times he had been slated for the gas chambers, but each time he used his fluency in German to talk his way out.
After the war ended, he was stunned to discover that his wife, who had also been shipped to Auschwitz, was alive and well in Poland.
Brinkmann’s body was found lying face down in his bedroom, his hands bound, his body showing blunt-force trauma wounds, police said. Brinkmann’s blue 2009 Honda Civic may have been stolen and a safe in his apartment tampered with, police said. (H/T – CNN)
No words. Well, except that I hope the people who did this are caught and punished in the most severe manner allowed by law.
Topics: The Job | 11 Comments »
Update:
SOURCE: http://www.newsday.com/long-island/bronx-woman-charged-in-holocaust-survivor-s-slaying-1.1345022
If it were up to me, the bastards who killed Felix Brinkmann would get their butts fried until they were burnt to a crisp. They’re lucky the law allows more merciful punishment.
JPL – Thanks. Good to know they pinched someone on this.
Morgan – And I don’t think NY has the death penalty. Pity.
That was fast! Well done the cops!!
Wyatt:
You seem to be correct. NY Second degree murder 15-25 years to life (according to Wiki)
Just no words. Truly awful.
Wyatt,
I was thinking the same thing about NY’s death penalty. We did have a death penalty law, but it was struck down as unconstitutional by the NYS Court of Appeals in People v. LaValle(2004). Sadly, none of our useless politicians (is that redundant?) has raised a finger to rewrite the law to address the court’s objections.
Find the perpetrators, round up any additional family members who share the perpetrators DNA and neuter them.
For the perpetrators, skin them alive very slowly. When it looks like they may expire, hook em up to an IV with a sprinkling of adrenalin. Wash and repeat as necessary.
I just don’t have the words to express how upset this makes me.
You’re right, this country is doomed. Unless there’s enough good people left to overwhelm this sort of thing…likely, though, it’ll be a runaway losing battle.
But we can never give up on our core principles. Even as we like to speak of skinning alive and boiling in vinegar as a tempting option, we will settle for 25 to life, and hope the Warden is a Joe Arpaio adherent.
Mr. Brinkmann knew far too much of and endured too much torture in his lifetime. I am sure God has a special place for Brinkmann and I am just as certain God has a special place for Murray and her accomplice. I am hopeful she will get a small taste of hell in jail.
Alan B – Figures. *sigh*
RT – A terrible, terrible story.
John D – Of course not, because NY is a liberal wasteland anymore.
Miss Liz – You’ve got my vote.
Sully – The people who did this should be shot . . . then hanged.
Serr8d – I agree. I’d prefer life imprisonment with no chance of parole.
Me Too – Hopefully, there are some people sympathetic to Brinkmann’s fate in the joint.