A German court has ended its 77-year manhunt for a wanted Nazi war criminal who had been on the run since 1945. Alois Brunner - an Austrian member of the SS - was said to be responsible for the deaths of nearly 130,000 Jewish men, women and children. He had…
A 101-year-old Nazi death camp SS guard has appealed after being given a five-year jail sentence for aiding in the murder of 3,518 victims. The Neuruppin district court in Brandenburg, Germany, confirmed on Monday, 4th July, that the defendant is appealing his conviction. Josef Schuetz had one month after the…
German prosecutors have confirmed dates and details for the trial of a 100-year-old former SS guard on charges of aiding and abetting murder while he was at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp under the Nazi regime. An initial trial date has been set for 7th October, with the district court in…
The story of a Titanic passenger who was sent to America after getting a rich woman pregnant and survived after pretending to be an aristocrat before going on to become a member of the Nazi SS in Hitler's Germany has been revealed in a new book. The story of the…
The trial of an SS guard continued in Germany this week despite the pandemic with the accused in a glass box and court officials wearing masks and respecting social distancing. Three dozen survivors and their relatives are co-plaintiffs in the case where the former SS guard is charged with being…