A 58-year-old official of the local police department, Fritz Knop, has been arrested on suspicion of having participated in mass killings of Jews and Poles in Eastern Europe.
Knop, who is now a criminal investigator, readily admitted wearing the uniform of the SD Security Service, a sort of super-Gestapo, and being present at a number of mass executions, but has so far denied taking part in the actual shootings.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
