A former Nazi who has been accused of assisting in the murder of at least 400 Jewish men, women and children during World War II has been set free after a three month long trial despite evidence confirming his responsibility for the Jews’ deaths. Hans Werner Kubitsch, 58, who served as police captain and company leader in Warsaw during 1943, was allowed to go free because, according to West German law, only people charged with murder in the service of National Socialism, not those charged with complicity in such murders, may still be tried.
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