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has, for the first time ever, been awarded the highest grade
possible (A) in the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s annual
report on the worldwide investigation and prosecution of
Nazi war criminals, which was officially issued here yesterday.
In a statement issued by its chief Nazi-hunter and author
of the report, Israel director Dr. Efraim Zuroff, the Center
noted the recent change in German prosecution policy, which
has greatly expanded the number of potential suspects and
yielded impressive results during the period covered by the
report from April 1, 2009 until March 31, 2010.
According to Zuroff:
“
During the period under review, German prosecutors obtained
two convictions, filed three new indictments, launched
130 new investigations and were pursuing 177 ongoing investigations
as of April 1, 2010. These statistics represent a remarkable
increase in German efforts to hold Holocaust perpetrators
accountable for their crimes, and are a reflection of the
important change in prosecution policy, which until now
ignored suspects who were not officers and/or Germans or
Volksdeutsche. These impressive results earned Germany
an A, making it the only country besides the United States
to ever be awarded that distinction. Although, there are
still several problematic cases in Germany which require
legal action, such as those of Dutch SS-executioner Klaas
Faber and Danish Nazi murderer Soeren Kam, the positive
results achieved by German prosecutors this year must be
positively acknowledged.”
For more information call 00-972-50-7214156
www.operationlastchance.org
www.wiesenthal.com
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