Aalen (Germany)

Type: City
Name: Aalen (Germany)
Country: Germany
Latitude: 48.849998
Longitude: 10.09
population: 67,593
First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

'Hurried Action': Germany Criticized for Late Push on War Criminals

Last week's arrest of a 93-year-old on suspicion of abetting murder as a guard at Auschwitz is part of a late push by German authorities to bring lower-ranking Nazi helpers to justice. Legal experts say they should have -- and could have -- done so decades ... [Published Spiegel Online - May 13 2013]
First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 3 reports

Germany weighs belated justice for Auschwitz guards (AFP)

BERLIN (AFP) - The arrest in Germany this week of a 93-year-old alleged former Auschwitz guard on charges of complicity in mass murder reopened an emotional debate on whether a measure of justice can be too late in coming.Holocaust survivors and historians ... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 08 2013]
First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Auschwitz Guard Arrested For Murder Plot

AALEN, GERMANY – German police on Monday arrested a 93-year-old alleged former guard at Nazi death camp Auschwitz with the “strong suspicion” he was involved in a murder.Prosecutors said the man had worked at the extermination camp during world war two ... [Published Fox 2 Now - May 07 2013]
First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 8 reports

Nazi trial: Germany arrests 'Auschwitz guard' on murder charges

Berlin: German authorities arrested Monday a 93-year-old alleged former guard at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz on charges of complicity in the mass murder of prisoners.Prosecutors in the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg said the man was believed ... [Published NDTV - May 06 2013]
First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Futterhaus sales rise

The German pet supplies chain, Futterhaus, increased sales in the first quarter of 2013 by 9.1 per cent, according to the company. Like-for-like sales by the franchise firm rose by 5.5 per cent. Futterhaus says that good results in March fuelled the increase. ... [Published PETglobal - Apr 25 2013]
First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

German prosecutors investigate Auschwitz cook

93-year-old former Nazi SS man who claimed he was a cook at the death camp is now being investigated anew.Auschwitz Photo: BloombergProsecutors in Stuttgart are investigating a former Nazi SS man who was allegedly a cook at the Auschwitz death camp in ... [Published Jerusalem Post - Apr 25 2013]
First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 2 reports

Germany probes former Auschwitz guard (AFP)

BERLIN (AFP) - Germany is investigating an alleged former Auschwitz death camp guard, prosecutors said Wednesday, who according to media reports is listed among the Simon Wiesenthal Center's most-wanted Nazis.Prosecutors in the southwestern city of Stuttgart ... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - Apr 24 2013]
First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Franz X. Groll, physician

Dr. Franz Xavier Groll, a retired physician who lived and practiced on Eager Street in downtown Baltimore's Mount Vernon neighborhood, died of pulmonary thrombosis April 2 at Keswick Multi-Care Center. He was 95.Born in Aalen in Germany, he was the son ... [Published Baltimore Sun - Apr 19 2013]
First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Clarinet and trumpet players wanted

Do you, or do you know anyone, that plays the clarinet or trumpet ? If so the Christchurch and District Concert band would like to invite you along to one of their rehearsals with a view to you joining the band.The Christchurch and District Band is a ... [Published Christchurch People - Apr 18 2013]

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On the other hand, at the time of the bloodbath, there was no longer any differentiation between the uninvolved civilian population and partisans. "The arguments of the Stuttgart Director of Public Prosecutions is not very convincing from a historical perspective" the researcher said
However, Cologne-based law professor Cornelius Nestler said that supposedly legal interpretation had existed for decades. "This broad understanding of abetment already existed in Nazi trials back in the 1960s" he said. He added that prosecutors had been "judicially blind" by targeting only concentration camp guards whom they could accuse of individual crim...
"If we only built memorials and held pretty speeches but let murderers from Auschwitz go free, then we would lose all credibility in our policy of coming to terms with our past" he said

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German Prosecutors Reject Massacre Case [Published Spiegel Online - 7 hours ago]
'Hurried Action': Germany Criticized for Late P... [Published Spiegel Online - May 13 2013]
World Roundup 5-10-13 [Published Jewish News of Greater Phoenix - May 09 2013]
Germany weighs belated justice for Auschwitz gu... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 08 2013]
German Man, 93, Charged With Auschwitz Crimes [Published Jewish Week - May 08 2013]
German weighs Belated justice for Auschwitz guards [Published ENCA - May 08 2013]
Auschwitz Guard Arrested For Murder Plot [Published Fox 2 Now - May 07 2013]
Perpetrators of the Holocaust: Alleged Auschwit... [Published Spiegel Online - May 07 2013]
Nazi trial: Germany arrests 'Auschwitz guard' o... [Published NDTV - May 06 2013]
Hans Lipschis Worked In Auschwitz - But He Clai... [Published Huffington Post UK - May 06 2013]
Germany arrests 'Auschwitz guard' Hans Lipschis [Published Christian Today - May 06 2013]
German police arrest alleged former Auschwitz g... [Published Deutsche Welle - May 06 2013]
German 'ex-Auschwitz guard' arrested [Published KCPW - May 06 2013]
Germany arrests 'Auschwitz guard' on murder cha... [Published Digital Journal - May 06 2013]
German 'ex-Auschwitz guard' arrested [Published BBC - May 06 2013]
Germany arrests 'Auschwitz guard' on murder cha... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 06 2013]
Corrosion Takes Center Stage at NATO [Published PaintSquare - Apr 29 2013]
Futterhaus sales rise [Published PETglobal - Apr 25 2013]
German prosecutors investigate Auschwitz cook [Published Jerusalem Post - Apr 25 2013]
Germany probes former Auschwitz guard (AFP) [Published Yahoo!Xtra - Apr 24 2013]
93-Year-Old Auschwitz Nazi Guard Hans Lipschis ... [Published International Business Times UK - Apr 24 2013]
93-Year-Old Auschwitz Nazi Guard Hans Lipschis ... [Published International Business Times Canada - Apr 24 2013]
Franz X. Groll, physician [Published Baltimore Sun - Apr 19 2013]
Clarinet and trumpet players wanted [Published Christchurch People - Apr 18 2013]
Biography for Walter Raizner [Published Able2Act - Nov 15 2006]
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