accused Nazi war criminal

Eli Rosenbaum takes skills honed Nazi-hunting to investigating war crimes in Ukraine

A storied Nazi hunter is used to prosecuting war crimes when the conflict is over “but in this case, the atrocities are being committed every day,” he says of Ukraine.

By Ron Kampeas February 9, 2023 5:44 pm

The entrance to the Sachsenhausen memorial near Berlin, Germany. (Paul Zinken/picture alliance via Getty Images)

100-year-old former Nazi camp guard to stand trial as accessory to murder of 3,500 prisoners

Court sessions requiring the defendant’s presence will be limited to about two hours a day in connection with his age.

August 3, 2021 9:51 am

Zoriy Fine says he was fired in 2017 from a state university for protesting the honoring of a man believed to have led perpetrators of pogroms. (Courtesy of Fine)

Ukrainian Jewish professor says he was fired for protesting statue of leader whose troops killed Jews

The case is a rare example of real-life implications stemming from the heated debate in Ukraine on nationalist memory.

December 2, 2020 11:26 am

Bruno Dey, who is accused of being accessory to murder at a Nazi concentration camp, covering his face as he arrives in a courtroom in Hamburg, Germany on October 17, 2019.(Daniel Bockwoldt / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Guard at Nazi concentration camp tried in Germany

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 18, 2019 7:27 am

Nazi hunters recommend nine for prosecution in Germany, Austria

December 19, 2017 7:13 am

Polish court accuses Minnesota man, 98, of Nazi war crimes

March 15, 2017 3:37 pm

Canada’s Supreme Court shoots down appeal to deport Nazi death squad member, 92

July 10, 2016 4:18 pm

94-year-old Nazi war criminal deemed unfit to stand trial in Germany

June 29, 2016 5:13 pm

Jewish Canadians demand 92-year-old Ukrainian Nazi’s deportation

March 11, 2016 11:58 am

Canada to review case of Nazi-era war crimes suspect

February 24, 2016 5:25 am

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