Franz Stangl's Actions 336 Words2 Pages Why should Franz Stangl should have been held responsible for his actions? Well in the interview, when Sereny asks Franz if he did not feel as if the prisoners were human. Franz replied with â Cargo. They were cargo.â He said this with no emotion in his voice. He did not even think of them as human beings and when he was in Brazil on a train passing a slaughterhouse, he said that the cattle had heard the train and ran up. They looked at him, trustingly. This reminded him of the way prisoners looked at him, just before they went into the tins. So far, he has only referred to the prisoners as cargo or animals, not human beings. Another reason why Franz Stangl should be held responsible for his actions is in the Franz Stangl Biography. In the