Mian Shakeel Aslam---German prosecutors are investigating hundreds of alleged Nazi death camp guards again, by the dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, based in Los Angeles, Jewish human rights organization with a survivor of the concentration camp.
"Although it is late in the game, and those who would deliberately, are very old, it is extremely important," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper. "This indicates that there is a new generation of prosecutors who want to take a fresh look and serious, and that means more than the bureaucratic machine is in German attention to the importance of dealing with these criminals. "
Germany is now making a gesture as a result of previous unusual and favorable from May 2011 conviction of John Demjanjuk, built in custody of a death camp, Cooper said. There was no direct evidence linking the crime Demjanjuk, but prosecutors won the conviction of more than 28 000 counts of accessory to murder, by proving that he worked at the camp, where deaths occurred.
Demjanjuk was deported from the United States in 2009 to the court against Germany, to appear in court wearing dark glasses and a baseball cap. Demjanjuk appealed his conviction. Because of his age and he made the risk of leakage is unlikely, he was released, but returned to the prison in May, after which the German prison are looking for a temporary home for home for him.
"Practically speaking, we may have already had thousands of cases, but now you've probably hundreds [of suspects]," said Cooper. "Factor of aging and disease, then [consider] whether they would be [suspects] are able to defend themselves at trial.Significantly reduces the number [of those who could be prosecuted]. "
Not all prosecutions were successful. Is accused of one of the most sought after in the world suspected Nazi war criminals - - acquitted for lack of evidence in July, a Hungarian court of 97.
But also some beliefs symbolically important, the rabbi said, and reinforces the words of Simon Wiesenthal, who escaped from a camp in 1943. Wiesenthal lost 89 family members in the Holocaust, after the Centre's website. "Each test is a vaccine against hate," Cooper Wiesenthal repeated the words.
Cooper said the Wiesenthal Center, a researcher in Germany is dedicated to tracking down former Nazis, who had contacted the German authorities. And the center of the head Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff, leads a campaign called "Operation Last Chance" to eradicate the hidden Nazis targeted.
The center does not work with the German authorities about the newly opened investigations.
"We would certainly help," said Cooper.
Posted By: Mian Shakeel Aslam
Source: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/05/germany-reopens-hundreds-of-nazi-investi...
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