Holocaust suspect dies
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November 23, 2010, Tuesday
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SAMUEL Kunz, one of the world's most-wanted Nazi suspects, who was under indictment for allegations he was involved in killing hundreds of thousands of Jews at a concentration camp in occupied Poland, has died, a German court said yesterday.
The 89-year-old Kunz died on November 18, the Bonn state court said. Court spokesman Joachim Klages said Kunz died in his hometown, near Bonn, but did not have details on the cause of death.
Allegations against Kunz surfaced as prosecutors were poring through World War II-era documents in preparation a case against a retired autoworker from the United States, John Demjanjuk.
The discovery prompted the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which hunts for Nazis, to list Kunz in April as the world's third most wanted due to the fact that he was allegedly involved personally in the killings, said the center's chief Nazi hunter, Efraim Zuroff.
"This is incredibly frustrating and I would urge the German authorities to expedite the remaining cases so that justice can be achieved," Zuroff told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Jerusalem, after learning of Kunz's death.
Still, he said: "He was under indictment - that's important, I wouldn't minimize that fact - a small measure of justice was achieved."
Kunz was indicted in July on 10 counts of murder and 430,000 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he was guard at the Belzec death camp from January 1942 through July 1943.
The 89-year-old Kunz died on November 18, the Bonn state court said. Court spokesman Joachim Klages said Kunz died in his hometown, near Bonn, but did not have details on the cause of death.
Allegations against Kunz surfaced as prosecutors were poring through World War II-era documents in preparation a case against a retired autoworker from the United States, John Demjanjuk.
The discovery prompted the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which hunts for Nazis, to list Kunz in April as the world's third most wanted due to the fact that he was allegedly involved personally in the killings, said the center's chief Nazi hunter, Efraim Zuroff.
"This is incredibly frustrating and I would urge the German authorities to expedite the remaining cases so that justice can be achieved," Zuroff told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Jerusalem, after learning of Kunz's death.
Still, he said: "He was under indictment - that's important, I wouldn't minimize that fact - a small measure of justice was achieved."
Kunz was indicted in July on 10 counts of murder and 430,000 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he was guard at the Belzec death camp from January 1942 through July 1943.
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