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A memorial to the 86 residents of the French village of Ascq murdered on April 1, 1944, in Ascq, France, by the Waffen-SS. (YouTube screenshot)
March 28, 2018, 3:30 pm
Germany drops case against ex-SS soldier because of old conviction by French
For role in wartime killings in French village, Karl Muenter, 95, was sentenced to death in absentia in 1949, then pardoned in 1955
By AFP
An undated photo of Michael Karkoc that was part of his application for German citizenship filed with the Nazi SS-run immigration office on Feb. 14, 1940. (AP Photo/U.S. National Archives, File)
March 15, 2018, 11:24 pm
Doctors to examine US man sought by Poland in Nazi case
Michael Karkoc, 99, is believed to be an ex-commander of an SS-led Nazi unit that committed war crimes during the Holocaust
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Former Nazi SS officer Oskar Groening listens to the verdict of his trial on July 15, 2015 at court in Lueneburg, northern Germany. (AFP / POOL/ AXEL HEIMKEN)
August 2, 2017, 4:12 pm
96-year-old ‘bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ ruled fit to serve sentence
Oskar Groening was found guilty of being an accessory to the murders of 300,000 people, sentenced to four years in prison
By AFP
Monument for Jewish Holocaust victims, which also features the names of three SS soldiers, at Leidschendam-Voorburg in the western Netherlands (Algemeen Dagblad screenshot)
April 21, 2017, 8:48 pm
Names of SS soldiers found on Dutch Holocaust monument
Municipality near The Hague to remove the 3 names from its main monument to hundreds of Jewish Holocaust victims and resistance fighters
By JTA
In this May 2014 photo, Michael Karkoc works in his yard in Minneapolis. (Richard Sennott/Star Tribune via AP)
March 15, 2017, 7:21 pm
Polish court issues arrest warrant for US man in Nazi case
Prosecutors accuse Michael Karkoc, 98, of commanding SS-led unit and ordering the killing of 44 Poles during WWII
By AP
Michael Karkoc in Minnesota (screen capture: YouTube/ABC News)
March 13, 2017, 5:34 pm
Minnesota man was a Nazi officer, Poland says
Prosecutors accuse Michael Karkoc, 98, of commanding SS-led unit and ordering the killing of 44 Poles during WWII
By AP
The railway track leading to the infamous ‘Death Gate’ at the Auschwitz II Birkenau extermination camp, on November 13, 2014, in Oswiecim, Poland. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images via JTA)
January 18, 2017, 9:13 pm
Auschwitz museum appeals for personal SS documents
Germans and Austrians asked to donate papers, photographs, personal letters to be used to teach future generations
By JTA
Ralf Breker of the Bavarian criminal police posing in Munich with virtual reality glasses and a computer which shows a picture from the 3D model of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, September 26, 2016. (AFP/Christof Stache)
October 2, 2016, 4:15 pm
Virtual reality helps net last Auschwitz criminals
3D model allows German investigators to 'walk through' death camp and 'see' what Nazi suspects would have known about the killings
By Deborah Cole
Former SS medic Hubert Zafke, 95, accused of aiding in 3,681 murders in Auschwitz in 1944, attends his trial on September 12, 2016 at the court in Neubrandenburg, Germany. (AFP/dpa/Bernd Wüstneck)
September 12, 2016, 4:33 pm
Trial underway in Germany for SS medic who served at Auschwitz
Hubert Zafke, 95, charged with 3,681 counts of accessory to murder for allegedly helping death camp to function
By AP
Heinrich Himmler in 1939 (AFP)
August 5, 2016, 11:05 am
Himmler diaries reveal chilling details of Nazi wartime life
Journals illustrate how the SS chief kept tabs on even the banal minutiae of his daily routine, even as he oversaw the systematic slaughter of European Jewry
By AFP
94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp Reinhold Hanning, arrives at a courtroom in Detmold, Germany, Saturday June 11, 2016. (Bernd Thissen/Pool Photo via AP)
June 11, 2016, 10:54 pm
German defense wants acquittal of ex-Auschwitz guard
Attorneys argue murder trial failed to produce evidence that Reinhold Hanning, 94, was directly involved in specific crimes
By AP
94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp Reinhold Hanning arrives for his trial in Detmold, Germany, February 11, 2016. (Bernd Thissen/Pool Photo via AP)
May 21, 2016, 2:35 am
Prosecutors seek 6-year sentence for ex-Auschwitz guard
In closing arguments, Andreas Brendel tells court 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning 'played a part in camp's purpose of annihilation'
By AP
94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp Reinhold Hanning, center, leaves the building after the opening of his trial in Detmold, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (Bernd Thissen/Pool Photo via AP)
April 29, 2016, 5:02 pm
Ex-SS Auschwitz guard tells court, ‘I am truly sorry’
Reinhold Hanning, 94, accused of complicity in 170,000 murders, is 'ashamed' of having done nothing to prevent crimes
By AFP
Brig.-Gen. Ofek Buchris, right, salutes during a ceremony to mark his exit as commander of the Bashan Division, along with head of the Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, center, and Brig.-Gen. Yaniv Asur, in September 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
March 4, 2016, 3:56 pm
The unbecoming of an officer
Allegations of sexual assault against Brig.-Gen. Ofek Buchris still top the headlines, underscoring a change in attitude toward rape in Israel
By Adiv Sterman
94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp Reinhold Hanning, center, leaves the building after the opening of his trial in Detmold, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (Bernd Thissen/Pool Photo via AP)
February 11, 2016, 8:09 am
Ex-SS guard on trial in late push to punish Nazi crimes
40 Auschwitz survivors to testify in case of 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning, who faces 170,000 counts of accessory to murder
By David Rising
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