One of world's last Nazi War Criminals still alive and at large.

[Dinner]

Dr. Aribert Heim in 1940


A photograph of him in 1985.

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Originally posted by Winston
For sure, Chile is well-known for its hospitality toward German criminals. They took in Erich Honecker too.

Not just Chile, the whole Southern Cone was a haven for Nazi war criminals. Kluas Barbie was kicking it in Bolivia (where the U.S. stashed him). Mengele was dug up in Brazil, IIRC, and Eichmann was kidnapped from Argentina.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

And it's suspected that Martin Bormann ended up in Paraguay.

[chequita guevara]

Do we have any from Uruguay?

[Winston]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara

For sure, Chile is well-known for its hospitality toward German criminals. They took in Erich Honecker too.

Not just Chile, the whole Southern Cone was a haven for Nazi war criminals. Kluas Barbie was kicking it in Bolivia (where the U.S. stashed him). Mengele was dug up in Brazil, IIRC, and Eichmann was kidnapped from Argentina.

Not just that, but nearly all of those countries border oneanother!

The way in which Honecker managed to escape from justice was arguably the most remarkable of the lot. They actually let him go because he wasn't feeling too well. Boo-hoo. Or at least that was the official version.

[Dinner]

Josef Schwammberger was hiding in Argentina until he was captured in 1987. He wasn't finally convicted until 1992 and didn't die until 2004.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Schwammberger

[Monk]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Supposedly he is the last Nazi war criminal which the German government has an official task force still dedicated to finding. 63 years is a long time so no one can claim the German government hasn't spent enough time trying to track down war criminals.

Where did you read that part about the task force?

I'd be interested in a situation where they do find this dude and try to get him to Germany while they never have handed over Søren Kam themselves. But really, I'd just call this off and put the money and the energy into something more constructive than hunting down some sorry old men.

[Monk]

Oh, do you guys suppose the capture of this dude would finally bring an end to asking people before entry to the US if they played any part in any persecutions related to Nazi Germany? Or do we need one or two more?

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Monk


Where did you read that part about the task force?

I'd be interested in a situation where they do find this dude and try to get him to Germany while they never have handed over Søren Kam themselves. But really, I'd just call this off and put the money and the energy into something more constructive than hunting down some sorry old men.

The guy wasn't a boy scout, or a camp guard.

[Monk]

Originally posted by notyoueither


The guy wasn't a boy scout, or a camp guard.

Correct. And why is that relevant with regards to anything I said?

[notyoueither]

Your last statement.

It's relevant in that I agree the busy bodies can go too far in tracking down minor players and nobodies so long after the fact.

I don't think this guy was a minor player.

I think that if someone deserves a death sentence or life imprisonment, then the crimes are so great as to warrant hunting him down til he's 150 to deliver justice if necessary. I think this one warrants it.

[Proteus_MST]

After the war, Heim was held for two-and-a-half years by the United States military but was released without being tried.
He disappeared in 1962, when he was tipped off that the indictment by German authorities was imminent, according to Zuroff.

Hm, considering the things he did it is strange that he was first caught, then released without being tried and afterwards was able to live 14 years in freedom without being prosecuted.

[Gibsie]

I thought this was going to be someone's birthday thread. Thread fails.

[Pekka]

I was hoping this was my b-day thread

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Oerdin
63 years is a long time so no one can claim the German government hasn't spent enough time trying to track down war criminals.

Good thing it's primarily the German's. If it was the USA, can you imagine the outcry over not being able to find him, after letting him go? You don't have to imagine.