Forgiven or not?

Even though he took the time to tell his story to Simon I still don't think that I would be able to just show pity and forgive this man. "It never ceases to remind me of the burning house and the family that jumped from the window." If you could imagine this happening and knowing that you was apart of it, you deserve to go through pain. The man wants to try to make his life clean while he still can. Simon has a right to not feel completely sorry for the SS soldier, because he knows that he could be in the next set of Jews to get killed for no reason. "I cannot die...without coming clean." in this he just wants to make himself feel better. He acts like he cares about the Jews but it could just be an act to try to get forgiveness.