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NAZI fiend tracked down by The Sun was finally facing justice
last night after police issued a warrant for his arrest.
SS executioner Klaas Faber - who killed 22 concentration
camp victims - has been allowed to live peacefully in Germany
since escaping from a Dutch prison 58 years ago. We found
the killer, 88, in July - but the German government refused
to seize him unless Holland demanded his capture.
And yesterday the Dutch authorities formally issued an international arrest warrant
and ordered his return to serve the rest of his life term.
Nazi hunter Dr Efraim Zuroff, head of the Simon Wiesenthal
Centre in Jerusalem, praised The Sun and said: "It is fantastic news and a hugely significant step.
"We urge the German authorities
to arrest Faber immediately so he can finally serve his well-deserved
punishment."
Israeli lawyer David Schonberg - who
campaigned for Faber's arrest after our story - said: "Justice needs to be done. We owe it to the victims - heroes of Holland who tried
to combat the evils of Nazism."
Faber, a Dutch-born SS volunteer,
was an executioner at the notorious Westerbork concentration
camp. After his jail escape in 1952, he fled to Germany.
We traced the dad of three to Bavaria,
where he was enjoying a cosy retirement. Dutch officials
last night confirmed the arrest warrant had been issued.
It is now up to Bavaria to carry it out.
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