https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, whose death sparked a legal dispute over what to do with his body, has been secretly buried in an Italian prison cemetery, La Repubblica reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131107/nazi-secretly-buried-in-italian-prison-cemetery Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:08:47 +0100 nazi-secretly-buried-in-italian-prison-cemetery Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke will be buried in a secret location in Italy, his lawyer said on Saturday, following a long legal dispute after the former SS officer's death in Rome last week. https://www.thelocal.it/20131020/nazi-war-criminal-gets-secret-italian-funeral Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:22:00 +0200 nazi-war-criminal-gets-secret-italian-funeral As the debate continues over what should happen to the body of Erich Priebke, a Nazi who died in Rome on Friday, The Local takes a look at the life of the war criminal's lawyer. https://www.thelocal.it/20131017/the-lawyer-who-backed-a-war-criminal Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:34:00 +0200 the-lawyer-who-backed-a-war-criminal Italian authorities appeared at a loss Thursday on what to do with the body of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke who died last week while living under house arrest for massacring 335 civilians. https://www.thelocal.it/20131017/italy-at-a-loss-over-dead-nazi-war-criminal Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:26:00 +0200 italy-at-a-loss-over-dead-nazi-war-criminal Italy appeared set to send the body of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke to Germany on Wednesday as it commemorated the 70th anniversary of a round-up of Jews from the historic Jewish quarter of Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20131016/italy-looks-set-to-send-nazis-body-to-germany Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:36:02 +0200 italy-looks-set-to-send-nazis-body-to-germany A town near Rome on Tuesday tried to ban the celebration of a Nazi war criminal's funeral by a Catholic traditionalist group on its territory. https://www.thelocal.it/20131015/catholic-group-to-host-nazi-funeral Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:54:00 +0200 catholic-group-to-host-nazi-funeral The body of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, who died last week in Italy aged 100, should be sent to Germany and incinerated, the head of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre said in an interview. https://www.thelocal.it/20131014/nazi-should-be-burnt-jewish-group Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:52:00 +0200 nazi-should-be-burnt-jewish-group The memorial service for Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke will be held in Italy, his lawyer told AFP Saturday after Argentina, where the former SS officer wished to be buried, refused to accept his body. https://www.thelocal.it/20131012/nazi-war-criminal-gets-italian-memorial Sat, 12 Oct 2013 17:07:00 +0200 nazi-war-criminal-gets-italian-memorial Former SS captain Erich Priebke, a Nazi war criminal who never showed remorse for a World War II massacre in Italy, died on Friday in Rome aged 100, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20131011/nazi-war-criminal-dies-in-italy Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:03:00 +0200 nazi-war-criminal-dies-in-italy Scuffles erupted over a bottle of champagne in Rome on Monday night, as family members gathered to celebrate the 100th birthday of one of the last living Nazi war criminals. https://www.thelocal.it/20130730/clashes-and-champagne-at-nazi-birthday-party Tue, 30 Jul 2013 11:48:00 +0200 clashes-and-champagne-at-nazi-birthday-party Ahead of the 100th birthday of one of the last Nazi criminals alive, calls have grown in Italy for him to finally apologize for his role in the massacre of more than 300 people in caves outside Rome at the end of the Second World War. https://www.thelocal.it/20130723/nazis-100th-birthday-sparks-resentment-in-rome Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:14:00 +0200 nazis-100th-birthday-sparks-resentment-in-rome