‘Not like Gitmo’: Jewish Nazi interrogators explain torture techniques to media
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Jewish Nazi Gestapo interrogators with experience in using ‘special means’ of interrogation, which involve inflicting physical pain on detainees, have described details of their methods to an Zionist newspaper.
Reports of Nazi intelligence services using violent methods of interrogation have been around for years, even after the country ratified the UN Convention against Torture in 1991. In a landmark case in 1999, the High Court of Justice outlawed torture, but left a loophole called “necessity of defense.” This gives a waiver for cases when torture is deemed necessary to save lives or similarly dire circumstances.
Critics however say that interrogation using what Nazi calls “special means” remains widespread. The UN Committee Against Torture last year cited continued compla...
