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Demjanjuk witness also suspected of mass murder involvement

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:18:00 +0100

A witness in the forthcoming trial of accused war criminal John Demjanjuk is being investigated under suspicion of himself having been involved with the murder of at least 434,000 people.

Old SS soldiers sentenced to life for Italian massacre

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:19:00 +0200

Nine ex-SS soldiers aged 84 to 90 were sentenced to life imprisonment in their absence by a Rome military tribunal for the massacres of 350 civilians in Tuscany in 1944, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Saturday.

US to expel alleged Nazi death camp guard

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:29:00 +0200

The United States has begun moves to expel an 84-year-old man alleged to have been a top guard in several Nazi concentration camps in Germany, the US Justice Department said Friday.

Project recounts ordeal of Nazi forced labourers

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:22:00 +0100

Video testimony of nearly 600 survivors of Nazi forced labour programmes have been posted online for historians and students to better understand their ordeal, organisers said Thursday.

Court rules SS veteran too old for Nazi war crimes trial

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:07:00 +0100

An 87-year-old former Nazi SS soldier of Dutch origin is too old and too ill to stand trial in Germany for the murder of three Dutch resistance fighters during World War II, a court ruled Wednesday.

Thousands of Rwandans protest official's extradition to France

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:42:00 +0100

Tens of thousands of Rwandans gathered in the capital Kigali Wednesday to protest Germany's upcoming transfer of a senior official arrested in Frankfurt to France.

Rwanda expels German envoy as diplomatic row escalates

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:05:00 +0100

Rwanda expelled Germany's ambassador and prepared to issue indictments and arrest warrants against 23 French officials on Tuesday in a dramatic escalation of diplomatic tensions over the country's 1994 genocide.

Rwanda protests arrest of Kagame aide

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:45:00 +0100

Rwanda summoned Germany's ambassador to Kigali to protest against the arrest of a top aide to President Paul Kagame on suspicion of taking part in an assassination that sparked the 1994 genocide, an official said Monday.

Congolese war crimes suspect living openly in Germany

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:30:00 +0100

A Congolese war criminal wanted by Interpol has been living openly in Germany, ARD news show Fakt reported on Monday. Politicians told the show that allowing him to stay would be a scandal as violence in the African hot spot intensifies.

Spain to try four alleged Nazi war criminals

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:06:00 +0200

Spain’s National Court will try four men accused of working worked as guards at Nazi concentration camps in Austria and Germany where thousands of Spaniards died, Spanish media reported Friday.

Germans to investigate WWII massacre in France

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:31:00 +0200

A team of German investigators is preparing to head for the French village of Maille to try to shed light on a World War II massacre and possibly find the perpetrators.