gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 8, 2021 Helmut Oberlander in the news today, deportation trial in Canada delayed: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/helmut-oberlander-ex-nazi-interpreter-deportation-hearing-1.5905284 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 8, 2021 Helma Kisser, is actually Helma Kissner, or Helma Maaß. She lived in a retirement home in Neumünster at least until 2017. Was "acutely ill" at one point and so, unfit for trial. But recovered after that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,164 Posted February 20, 2021 A new candidate here https://news.sky.com/story/former-nazi-guard-95-deported-from-us-to-germany-over-acts-of-persecution-12223777 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 26, 2021 On 08/02/2021 at 07:38, Sir Creep said: A 95-year-old German woman was charged on Friday with complicity in the murders of 10,000 people, for her work as a Nazi concentration camp secretary during the second world war, according to CNN. While the woman has not been publicly named, due to Germany's privacy laws, a reporter with German public broadcaster NDR interviewed her in 2019, and referred to her as "Irmgard F." Prosecutors said Irmgard worked as a stenographer and secretary to the commander of the Stutthof camp from June 1943 to April 1945, according to CNN. —————- Stenographer!!? She may as well have pulled the trigger! Guilty! SC We have a full name: Irmgard Furchner. https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/kz-stutthof-ehemalige-schreibkraft-soll-vor-gericht-gestellt-werden-a-abcdbdc2-7e0a-4719-b9db-be5be77a872f 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,576 Posted February 26, 2021 Apologies if mentioned elsewhere but can't see it in this thread. Another new name is Friedrich Karl Berger, 95. BBC article from a few days ago. @Prophet, if you're still around, can you please add these two names to the masterlist? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prophet 251 Posted February 26, 2021 Update: Reinhard Hardegen (1913-2018) Hans Sommer (1914-1987) Günther Schwägemann (1915-1987?) Fritz Jauss (1917-2014) Josef Scheungraber (1918-2015) Veikko Kasslin (1919- ) Michael Karkoc (1919-2019) Hans Lipschis (1919-2016) Ernst Pistor (1920-2011) Walter Schuck (1920-2015) Hubert Zafke (1920-2018) Rudolf von Ribbentrop (1921-2019) Oskar Gröning (1921-2018) Algimantas Dalide (1921-2015) Heinrich Boere (1921-2013) Sören Kam (1921-2015) Charles Zentai (1921-2017) Gerhard Sommer (1921- ) Herta Bothe (1921-2000) Siert Bruins (1921-2015) Vladimir Katriuk (1921-2015) Reinhold Hanning (1922-2017) Otto Carius (1922-2015) Joachim Boosfeld (1922-2015) Karl Münter (1922-2019) Wilhelm Karl Friedriech Hoffmeister (c1923- ) Helma Maaß (1923- ) Jakiw Palij (1923-2019) Johann Robert Riss (1923- ) Alfred Stoerk (Stark/Stork) (1923- ) Ernst Tremmel (1923?-2016) Aksel Andersen (1924- ) Jakob Denzinger (1924-2016) Aarne Kähärä (1924-2020) Helmut Oberlander (1924- ) Helmuth Leif Rasmussen or Rasboel (1924- ) Theodor Szehinskyj (1924-2014) Irmgard Furchner (1925? -) Friedrich Karl Berger (1925- ) 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted February 26, 2021 Oh yeah, we track them Simon Wiesenthal-style. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted February 26, 2021 According to wikipedia's list of notable surviving ww2 veterans there are 4 people alive with a wikipedia page who served in the SS. The only one with an English wikipedia is Gerhard Sommer. The three others are interesting cases, all Estonian: Raimund Johannes Piirvee (1923-2011) Forester and ecologist. The Estonian wiki for some reason hasn't marked him dead, but he died in Canada in 2011: https://www.marshallwdrivercremationandburialservice.ca/obituary/Raimund-Piirvee https://www.geni.com/people/Raimund-Johannes-Piirvee/6000000064787412834 Hans Ots (1921-2018) Scientist and engineer. Again, the Estonian wiki hasn't marked him dead but he died in Australia in 2018: https://www.geni.com/people/Hans-Ots/6000000027669742316 Ülo Lepik (1921-2022) Mathematician and academian. Much more active and alive than the two others, even has a linkedin page and contact info, including his email So actually there are only two. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,912 Posted February 28, 2021 Alfred Stork dead. He died in October 2018 at 95. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,576 Posted March 9, 2021 Another for the list. (Not a new name by any means, just someone we missed as it's a historical case). Jacob Luitjens (wiki), Dutch Nazi collaborator, deported from Canada in the 1990s. Turned 100 in 2019. 102 next month. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted May 15, 2021 Harry Paul Fritz Schulz (1925) Ludwig Heinrich Sonntag (1924) Werner Bruß (1920) Hilde Michnia (1922) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted June 5, 2021 http://www.suomensotilas.fi/viimeiset-poistuvat-ss-rottenfuhrer-sakari-haikala-kuollut/ SS-Rottenfuhrer Sakari Haikala died on 23rd of May. Haikala, born 1923, joined SS (Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS) in 1941 at the age of 17 from "patriotism". It's unknown if he participated in any war crimes. A book about his life called "Koska kotimaa meidät lähetti" was published in 2016. He publicly defended himself and was often called "Hitler's bloodhound" for defending the actions of the SS and has said that he hasn't felt any regret for volunteering to join it. He has beaten up people for calling him a nazi and was also known for hating neonazis. The Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS had around 1400 members, four of which are still alive according to the article. Two of them are over 100 years old, other one of these being Veikko Kasslin. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted June 7, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 11:03, gcreptile said: We have a full name: Irmgard Furchner. https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/kz-stutthof-ehemalige-schreibkraft-soll-vor-gericht-gestellt-werden-a-abcdbdc2-7e0a-4719-b9db-be5be77a872f Furchner is able to stand trial: https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/kz-stutthof-sekretaerin-von-kommandanten-irmgard-furchner-stenotypistin-des-grauens-1623060543-a-9777266e-75a4-4d28-ab01-095f9fba08b9 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted June 13, 2021 On 07/06/2021 at 13:20, gcreptile said: On 07/06/2021 at 13:20, gcreptile said: Johann Riss died on 10 october 2019, 98 years old https://www.trauer-im-allgaeu.de/traueranzeige/johann-riss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,576 Posted June 13, 2021 50 minutes ago, Luca@1996 said: Johann Riss died on 10 october 2019, 98 years old https://www.trauer-im-allgaeu.de/traueranzeige/johann-riss How do you know that's the same person? According to news articles, he was born in 1923, so different person? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted June 14, 2021 https://www.iene.mediaset.it/video/politi-germania-casa-nazista-condannato-ergastolo-in-italia_215705.shtml Because I had seen this Italian television program in which the journalist had gone to find this Nazi on behalf of a survivor of the massacre of civilians and military in Tuscany and Kefalonia. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted June 14, 2021 http://www.suomensotilas.fi/ss-rottenfuhrer-toivo-kangaslampi-poissa/ SS-Rottenführer Toivo Kangaslampi dead at 98. Born in 1922, he served in the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS for a while in around 1941/1942 to 1943. Three Finnish SS volunteers remain, two of them are over 100. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted June 18, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 11:44, Ulitzer95 said: Apologies if mentioned elsewhere but can't see it in this thread. Another new name is Friedrich Karl Berger, 95. BBC article from a few days ago. @Prophet, if you're still around, can you please add these two names to the masterlist? Friedrich Karl Berger died in May before his trial: https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/kz-wachmann-stirbt-vor-anklageerhebung-a-75206cbb-4373-421c-b76d-24f432920599 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted June 23, 2021 https://www.ruetir.com/2021/03/01/the-last-2-nazi-life-prisoners-sentenced-in-italy-died-they-never-did-a-day-in-jail/ Wilhelm Karl Stark died on December 14, 2020. He was 100 years old. Accused of various massacres committed in ’44 in various locations in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines (Italy). 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted June 24, 2021 Today Gerhard Sommer turns 100 years old. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,695 Posted June 27, 2021 So how many are there left? (out of the ones that have attracted some media attention, "notable" ones and the somewhat high-ranking ones) Estonian mathematician and academic Ülo Lepik who has a (estonian) wikipedia page, 100 next month, is probably the last SS veteran notable from other reasons than war crimes. Gerhard Sommer is the last notable SS veteran to have an English wikipedia page. However these ones who were in news once or twice for being accused of war crimes might very well die off radar. Even Sommer could've already have died, as he's had Alzheimer's for a very long time now. However I'm sure that if Lepik dies, Estonian news will mention it. I wouldn't expect him to die very soon though, as he's still working, uses the internet, has an email adress and looks pretty great for someone near 100. Picture from 2020: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted June 27, 2021 47 minutes ago, arghton said: So how many are there left? (out of the ones that have attracted some media attention, "notable" ones and the somewhat high-ranking ones) Estonian mathematician and academic Ülo Lepik who has a (estonian) wikipedia page, 100 next month, is probably the last SS veteran notable from other reasons than war crimes. Gerhard Sommer is the last notable SS veteran to have an English wikipedia page. However these ones who were in news once or twice for being accused of war crimes might very well die off radar. Even Sommer could've already have died, as he's had Alzheimer's for a very long time now. However I'm sure that if Lepik dies, Estonian news will mention it. I wouldn't expect him to die very soon though, as he's still working, uses the internet, has an email adress and looks pretty great for someone near 100. Picture from 2020: Maybe Werner Bruß and Ludwig Heinrich Sonntag, but I don't know if they are still alive. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Bruß https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Heinrich_Sonntag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frleon 138 Posted June 27, 2021 According to German wiki, Sonntag has died, though no date or source are given (same result when quickly googling him). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted July 2, 2021 Ulla Jurss (1923), it is not known whether she is still alive. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulla_Jürß Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted July 18, 2021 Irmgard Furchner must appear at the juvenile chamber of the Itzehoe Regional Court on September 30. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/woman-96-who-helped-kill-24557717 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
