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Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner 'died in Syria'
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:32 pm
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Good riddance.
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The chief investigator pursuing Alois Brunner, one of the world's most wanted German Nazi war criminals, has told the BBC that he is "99% sure" that he died four years ago in Syria.
"We cannot prove it forensically, but we are certain that is the case," Nazi-hunter Efraim Zuroff said.
SS captain Brunner, who would now be 102, is accused of deporting more than 128,000 Jews to death camps in WWII.
For many years there has been uncertainty as to whether he is dead.
Dr Zuroff - director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem - told the BBC that new information had recently come to light about Brunner's death and burial in Damascus from a "reliable" former German secret service agent who had served in the Middle East.
He said that the new evidence revealed that Brunner was buried in an unknown location in Damascus around 2010 and was unrepentant of his crimes.
In April Brunner was removed from the Simon Wiesenthal Center's most wanted list, in a move signifying that it considered him to be dead. Dr Zuroff - who is also a Holocaust historian - said that the latest information provided more concrete evidence to support that conclusion.
"[Brunner] played a key role in the implementation of Hitler's 'Final Solution' to murder Jews," Dr Zuroff said, "and was a monster."
He said that Brunner sent 47,000 Jews in Austria, 44,000 in Greece, 23,500 in France and 14,000 in Slovakia to camps where most were murdered.
In the 1950s Brunner is believed to have fled to Syria. He reportedly later served as an adviser to President Hafez al-Assad and is thought to have instructed his government on torture tactics.
Good riddance.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:36 pm to Jim Rockford
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Nazi-hunter Efraim Zuroff said.
If your job is a 'Nazi-hunter' you really should be concerned about your future. It's like being a whore after age 30. The clock is ticking.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:45 pm to Jim Rockford
So they have known since 1950 that he was in Syria and there was never an attempt to have him captured and extradited?
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:46 pm to Zach
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If your job is a 'Nazi-hunter' you really should be concerned about your future.
It's kind of like being in the pony express business when the telegraph was being introduced.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:47 pm to Zach
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If your job is a 'Nazi-hunter' you really should be concerned about your future. It's like being a whore after age 30. The clock is ticking.
Yeah, a lot of those Nazi bastards that survived the war DID seem to live an inordinately long time. But pickings are starting to get a bit slim. Might want to start looking at another line of work.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 12:52 pm to AngryBeavers
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So they have known since 1950 that he was in Syria and there was never an attempt to have him captured and extradited?
Yeah, that wasn't gonna happen. Surprised Mossad didn't try to assassinate him, though. If they want to take somebody out, they usually succeed.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 1:13 pm to AngryBeavers
Meuller, the head of the Gestapo was also able to live in Syria for decades after the war. He died a normal death.It was one thing for the Mossad to capture Eichman in Argentina, where there were 10000's of Europeans from all over the world, quite another matter in Syria, where the whole country is anti Semitic. Brunner was one of the worst who got away.
Posted on 12/2/14 at 1:37 pm to Jim Rockford
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Surprised Mossad didn't try to assassinate him
They did twice with letter bombs, they blew off three of his fingers and his left eye.
There were functionaries who did the work and then there were sick bastards like Brunner that really enjoyed it.
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