A Nazi suspect indicted on charges of involvement in the murders of 430,000 Jews at Belzec death camp has died in Germany aged 89.
Samuel Kunz was third on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war crimes suspects and had been due to go on trial early next year.
He was also accused of personally shooting dead 10 Jews at the camp in occupied Poland during 1942-43.
State Prosecutor Andreas Brendel said Kunz died at home last Thursday.
The cause of death was not clear.
SS training camp
Kunz had admitted working at Belzec and had been called as a witness in the trial of alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, 90, who was deported from the US in 2009.
Prosecutors allege that both men trained at the SS camp at Trawniki.
Kunz was accused of moving Jewish victims from trains at Belzec, pushing them into gas chambers and throwing their bodies into mass graves.
He was also alleged to have shot dead two people who had escaped from a train and killed eight others who had been wounded.
Mr Brendel, who is head of the Dortmund-based centre for investigating Nazi war crimes, told the BBC News website that Kunz had been due to go on trial in January or February next year.
He said that his department had spent the whole year working on the case. He added that work was continuing on a number of other cases but it was not clear whether any would come to court.
Efraim Zuroff, head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's unit for hunting down Nazi war criminals, said it was very important that Kunz had been indicted.
"At least a small measure of justice was achieved," he said.
Mr Demjanjuk, 90, went on trial last year on charges of assisting in the murder of 28,000 Jews at the Sobibor death camp.
He denies the charges.
The source I got this from is BBC News Here is the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11808994
22 Comments
Ebear
will be missed...RIP
samD
obit. Daley, Rahm Emmanuel, Obama...et al
Ebear
Sam. i just got the call....my ak has arrived!!!!..im off to pick it up!!!!Hamp i guess that now makes you my sister!!!!blow me!!!!
HampsterW
that rectal examination that's required to purchase a firearm in Hellinois....lol
Ebear
sometimes you gotta bend over and grab ur ankles and take it like a Runs
Snake
Nazi war criminals are dying off before trials. The trials are set for to late,maybe set there trials for say a week after capture. Another thing is that last I hear Alois Brunner is still alive at 98 years old. He is the most wanted Nazi War criminal to date last I heard and no one can touch him due to the government of Syria.
luckybychoice
you should have said"see i ain't so bad afterall,look at this guy"
Ebear
would have never gotten thrown off......
luckybychoice
thats neine translated from German to Engrish
HampsterW
tell us what the deal is with Hi-cap mag's in IL, allowed or no?
Ebear
i will.......oops....i just farted.....byb!!!
HampsterW
shit your pants and leave the room.........lol
Ebear
Hamp, wanna really laugh,,,i went to i thought pick up my AK. instead i filled out the paper work and my FFL is still waiting for my APPROVAL # to come in....do ya fuckin believe it? i don't...i got to check it out though....there is a whole lot of packing grease in there....i gotta clean this bitch out once i get it....hopefully tomorrow....go ahead make fun ..i deserve it!!!
HampsterW
a man when he's down so I will forgo my usual snide remarks....lol Yeah, that cosmoline is a pain in the ass, shit gets everywhere. Does yours have wood or plastic furniture?
manu2014
Did you have any pennies left for ammo? I have about 1400 rounds but no guns to shoot it with. One of those deals you don't pass up... AK is on my list but still saving my pennies.
manu2014
Come to NC with the AK and we'll shoot all of it.
manu2014
Ex is outta town so I am on carpool duty. I mean it ebear. We'll brake that puppy in good.
Ebear
up there i will....until then.....up yours manlover!!!!!
Ebear
yeah im gonna start getting some 7.62 next week...im gonna get the carry bag first...hamp i have the wood hand guard and the 6 x plastic stock. and yeah i new i had to clean it anyways.
HampsterW
dangle, dangle........ http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=A76239Yugo Thats only 16 pennies a round but you will need a note from Obama to have it shipped to Hellinois....lol
Ebear
wtf !!!!!..but im not gonna let it stop me!!!!
manu2014
I offer up ammo and you call me a manlover you beast breast grabbin llama butt pumpin dingo. wow