A former Nazi officer was imprisoned after Italy’s highest appeals court upheld the life sentences imposed on him and a second officer for their involvement in the worst Nazi war crime committed on Italian soil. Under house arrest until his appeal was heard, former SS Capt. Erich Priebke was led off to prison as neighbors called, “Gas him” and “The holiday is over.” Former SS Capt. Karl Hass, also 86, remained in a clinic after doctors said he is too ill to be imprisoned. The two were sentenced for their role in the March 1944 massacre of 335 Romans, including about 75 Jews, at the Ardeatine Caves south of Rome.
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