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Fifty years after Eichmann, Nazi trial era ending focus 04/10/2011

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Fifty years after Eichmann, Nazi trial era ending

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04/10/2011
FERUSALEM — The capture, trial and sentencing to death of Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann in 1961 was a milestone for Israel and a watershed in the global hunt for Nazi war criminals.

In the 50 years since then, although there have been no further convictions in Israel, numerous notorious Nazis have been brought to justice elsewhere.

But despite the efforts of prosecutors, frequently prodded into action by private individuals who have dedicated themselves to hunting down Hitler’s killers, “hundreds, if not thousands” of criminals are still at large, says Israeli Nazi-hunter Efraim Zuroff.

And with perpetrators and witnesses dying off, or becoming unfit to testify, Nazi hunters say that a current round of trials may be the last, bringing to an end the bid to seek retribution for the millions of victims..... MORE

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