Thursday, July 8, 2010

Nazi executioner protected from jail by Germany

The fifth most wanted Nazi fugitive is living out his old age safe within Germany, despite being wanted in Britain and the Netherlands on war crimes charges.

Published: 1:02PM BST 05 Jul 2010


Klaas Faber, now 88, volunteered for Adolf Hitler's notorious SS during the Second World War and worked as part of a Gestapo death squad.

Despite being sentenced to death for his crimes in 1947, Faber is immune from prosecution because he escaped from prison in the Netherlands in 1952 and fled back to Germany.

Demands by Britain and other nations to hand him over have since been rejected by Germany, according to the Sun.

Faber, who was born in the Netherlands, is immune from extradition because he was granted German citizenship by Hitler.

Local privacy laws also mean that Germans cannot be told that Faber is a war criminal.

Faber was tracked down by the Sun in the town of Ingolstadt, where he lives with wife Jacoba. The couple have three children.

During the Second World War, Faber become an officer with the notorious SD secret police and worked for the Gestapo as an executioner at Westerbork concentration camp, where teenage diarist Anne Frank was held.

He was convicted of murdering at least 22 victims, but during his trial the court heard he personally carried out mass shootings and experts believe the real toll was much higher.

German authorities have confirmed that Faber was immune from prosecution and extradition. A spokesman added: "Klaas Faber is a German citizen and cannot be extradited for this."

From: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/7872396/Nazi-executioner-protected-from-jail-by-Germany.html

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