Luca@1996 47 Posted October 14, 2021 19 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Interessante. Uno dei casi più grandi (IL più grande?) rimasti chiusi. In my opinion the most important case is the last Auschwitz operator still alive, Helma Kissner (if she is still alive). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,085 Posted October 14, 2021 20 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Interesting. One of the biggest (THE biggest?) remaining cases closed. Sommer was the last survivor from this widely spread BBC graphic from 2011. Any surviving cases now (e.g. possibly Kissner) only came to attention post-2015, and none of them seem to be prominent. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,124 Posted October 14, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 18:21, arghton said: 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 (born 1921) 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. Actually there's still two. Hardy Kruger (1928-2022), German actor/author was conscripted into the SS in March 1945. He refused to kill a group of American soldiers and was sentenced to death, therefore can't really count him as a "nazi" Who's still alive from Prophet's February list? Veikko Kasslin and Irmgard Furchner seem to be the only ones who are still alive and have not died off-radar (unless it has happened very lately in Kasslin's case) Hoffmeister, Helma Kissner, Johann Robert Riss, Aksel Andersen and Helmuth Rasboel? High chances that many of these have died off-radar. Gerhard Sommer, Alfred Stork, Helmut Oberlander and Friedrich Karl Berger are definitely dead. The possible additions to Prophet's list: Jacob Luitjens (1919-2022) Kurt Gosdek (1919-Dead, unknown. Source.) Josef Schutz (1920-2023) Ulo Lepik (1921-2022) Herbert Wahler (1921-) Hilde Michnia (1922-Dead, ca. 2020) Harry Paul Fritz Schultz (1925-last confirmed alive in 2017?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,085 Posted October 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, arghton said: Actually there's still two. Hardy Kruger (1928-), German actor/author was conscripted into the SS in March 1945. He refused to kill a group of American soldiers and was sentenced to death, therefore can't really count him as a "nazi" Who's still alive from Prophet's February list? Veikko Kasslin and Irmgard Furchner seem to be the only ones who are still alive and have not died off-radar (unless it has happened very lately in Kasslin's case) Hoffmeister, Helma Kissner, Johann Robert Riss, Aksel Andersen and Helmuth Rasboel? High chances that many of these have died off-radar. Gerhard Sommer, Alfred Stork, Helmut Oberlander and Friedrich Karl Berger are definitely dead. The possible additions to Prophet's list: Jacob Luitjens (1919-) Kurt Gosdek (1919-likely dead) Josef Schutz (1920-) Ulo Lepik (1921-) Herbert Wahler (1921-) Hilde Michnia (1922-) Current whereabouts unknown Ulla Jürß (1923-?) Current whereabouts unknown, could be dead Harry Paul Fritz Schultz (1925-) Ulla Jürß?! She was last confirmed alive 30 years ago! If you're going that far down the rabbit hole (please no), you may as well just list all the female concentration camp personnel from here that are missing a date of death. We need to be sensible about this. Anyone who has been confirmed alive within the last 10-15 years is worth looking at. Otherwise they're almost certainly deceased. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted October 14, 2021 Eight cases involving former employees of the Buchenwald and Ravensbrück camps are currently being examined by various German prosecutors. Hope to know their names soon! https://www.euronews.com/2021/09/30/former-nazi-concentration-camp-secretary-96-goes-on-trial 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted October 21, 2021 The trial of Josef Schütz proceeds with the testimony of many witnesses. https://www.google.com/amp/s/newsrnd.com/amp/2021-10-20-sachsenhausen-concentration-camp-trial--officer-explains-the-investigation.ByxVgGXRBY.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted October 21, 2021 In this forum I have not found any reference to this proceeding dated December 2018 against Hans Werner H. (95 years old at the time), former SS guard of the Mauthausen concentration camp. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesofisrael.com/german-court-says-not-enough-evidence-to-try-alleged-nazi-camp-guard/amp/ In this other article dated February 2021 it is said that "Prosecutors are examining a further dozen cases against former Nazi or SS staff who worked at Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, Neuengamme or MAUTHAUSEN camps, according to the national broadcaster ARD." So, he may still be alive today.. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/05/former-secretary-at-nazi-camp-charged-over-of-10000-people Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted October 22, 2021 New names taken from Luke Holland's film "Final Account" (2021). Karl Heinrich Lübbert Hollander, SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Obersturmführer (1914 - 2015) Herbert Fuchs, SS-Obersturmführer (1919 - ?) Kurt Sametreiter, SS Oberscharführer (1922 - 2017) Karl-Heinz Lipok, SS-Totenkopfverband (1921 - ?) Otto Duscheleit, Waffen-SS (1925 - ?) Hans Werk, SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (1927 - 2019) Klaus Kleinau, Waffen-SS (1927 - ?) Hermann Franz Ferdinand Knoth, Waffen-SS (1927 - 2013) Heinz Kurt Schultka, Wehrmacht (1920 - ?) Karl-Heinz Rinne, Wehrmacht (1922 - ?) Heinz Hennig, Wehrmacht (1923 - ?) Hugo Gote, Wehrmacht (1923 - ?) Franz Spalek, Wehrmacht (1925 - ?) Friedrich Eder, Wehrmacht (1925 - ?) Heinrich Hermann Werner Schulze, Wehrmacht (1927 - ?) Siegfried Fröhlich, Luftwaffe (1915 - ?) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted October 25, 2021 The trial of Josef Schütz was suspended because the accused underwent an operation in the hospital. The trial will resume in November. https://newsrnd.com/news/2021-10-22-process-paused--defendant-(100)-is-operated-on.Bki54bg8K.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted October 25, 2021 Stutthof guard, Bruno Dey, did not appeal to his two-year suspended prison sentence. He accepted his guilt and expressed remorse. Also he is still alive. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/30/former-nazi-concentration-camp-secretary-96-faces-trial Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted October 26, 2021 Interesting article about Irmgard Furchner's life and her responsibilities at Stutthof. Today at 10:00 there will be a new audience, where historian Stefan Hördler will be heard. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.welt.de/vermischtes/article234645386/NS-Prozess-in-Itzehoe-Sie-konnte-verbranntes-Menschenfleisch-riechen.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted October 30, 2021 Hilde Michnia was still alive in 2020. https://m.dw.com/pl/die-welt-długie-śledztwo-przeciwko-sekretarce-holokaustu/a-56222870 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted November 1, 2021 "There is a case at the Erfurt Prosecutor's Office in relation to the Buchenwald concentration camp; three on Neuruppin, two on Ravensbrück and one on Sachsenhausen; one in Hamburg and the other in Zelle, on Neuengamme; and two others in the Zelle and Berlin Public Prosecutions, against former guards of a prisoner of war camp. In addition, the Central Office of the Judicial Administrations for the Clarification of the Crimes of National Socialism, based in Ludwigsburg, has yet to decide whether to transfer another six cases to the corresponding Public Prosecutions." https://www.infobae.com/america/mundo/2021/11/01/el-asesinato-no-prescribe-la-premisa-para-seguir-juzgando-los-crimenes-nazis-en-la-actualidad/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted November 3, 2021 Il processo a Josef Schütz riprenderà domani, dopo una pausa per motivi medici. Sarà ascoltato un israeliano (Emil Farkas) che è stato imprigionato a Sachsenhausen. Sempre venerdì si sentirà un discendente di un prigioniero francese. https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/sachsenhausen-prozess-wird-fortgesetzt/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted November 15, 2021 I wrote to Efraim Zuroff on Facebook and he kindly replied. He said that Hilde Michnia is dead (Maybe 2020?) and about Helma Kissner he is not sure. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,085 Posted November 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Luca@1996 said: I wrote to Efraim Zuroff on Facebook and he kindly replied. He said that Hilde Michnia is dead (Maybe 2020?) and about Helma Kissner he is not sure. I watched his documentary on the BBC about 10 years ago. It’s also on Netflix now to watch if anyone is interested. I personally think the man is nuts and is fighting a pointless cause, yet the vile anti-Semitism he faced when visiting South America in the documentary was horrible to watch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,124 Posted November 25, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 16:01, Prophet said: 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) ... https://suomensotilas.fi/2021/11/25/ss-mies-veikko-kasslin-on-kuollut/ SS-Rottenführer Veikko Kasslin dead. Died on the 19th of November at the age of 102, he was (probably) the last living Finnish iron cross recipient. Two Finnish SS volunteers remain, names not mentioned in that post. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luca@1996 47 Posted November 26, 2021 The Hamburg public prosecutor's office is investigating a former security guard (95) at the Neuengamme concentration camp on suspicion of complicity in murder. According to information from the Hamburg Journal on NDR television, the investigations are being delayed due to the corona pandemic, as the suspect's ability to be questioned cannot currently be determined. https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/hamburg_journal/KZ-Neuengamme-Schleppende-Ermittlungen-wegen-Corona,kzneuengamme104.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,085 Posted December 17, 2021 On 08/10/2021 at 07:09, Luca@1996 said: New name: Herbert Wahler. He is 99 years old and he was a member of Einsatzgruppe C, which systematically shot dead tens of thousands of defenceless Jewish children, women and men in the atrocity in Ukraine. He is the last living veteran of the SS death squad behind the Babyn Yar massacre. https://www.thejc.com/news/world/last-member-of-babyn-yar-ss-murder-squad-must-be-put-on-trial-1.521151 Herbert Mahler turns 100, an occasion which seems to have sparked protests outside his house. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,099 Posted December 17, 2021 22 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Herbert Mahler turns 100, an occasion which seems to have sparked protests outside his house. It really is a perverse World when so many innocent children die in childhood but a character like this makes it to 100. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,124 Posted January 9, 2022 Jacob Luitjens, 102, has been interviewed for a podcast: https://dvhn.nl/drenthe/noordenveld/Hoe-kijkt-de-Schrik-van-Roden-terug-op-de-oorlog-Er-zijn-dingen-gebeurd-die-niet-in-orde-zijn-27381036.html 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,057 Posted January 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, arghton said: Jacob Luitjens, 102, has been interviewed for a podcast: https://dvhn.nl/drenthe/noordenveld/Hoe-kijkt-de-Schrik-van-Roden-terug-op-de-oorlog-Er-zijn-dingen-gebeurd-die-niet-in-orde-zijn-27381036.html He also sounds incredibly lucid. I honestly thought he had died off radar. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,124 Posted January 9, 2022 On 08/10/2021 at 11:39, Luca@1996 said: Herbert Wehler is considered the last living veteran of the SS death squad behind the Babyn Yar massacre. So, Kurt Gosdek and Wilhelm Karl Friedrich Hoffmeister are probably dead.. Unfortunately we have neither any date nor any confirmation. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/may-you-live-long-and-be-prosecuted/ Yeah, they are. Efraim Zuroff's post, 12th of December 2021: It took the German authorities 17 months to check the list, which they informed me included three people alive in Germany, all of whom had served in Einsatzgruppe C. I received the news with a mixture of joy and trepidation. Joy that at least three were alive, trepidation that they might not live long enough to be prosecuted – which is why I sometimes find myself praying for the good health of Nazis who might be prosecuted). In the meantime, my fears turned out to be well-founded and Kurt Gosdek and Wilhelm Karl Friedrich Hoffmeister have already died without being brought to justice. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCemetaryMan 53 Posted January 9, 2022 Why can't they just put bullets in them. Its been how long now, 76-80 years ish A bullet costs a buck, there ya go, problem solved, Sheesh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolman5464 25 Posted January 11, 2022 On 09/01/2022 at 14:16, TheCemetaryMan said: Why can't they just put bullets in them. Its been how long now, 76-80 years ish A bullet costs a buck, there ya go, problem solved, Sheesh Someone Should have killed them a long time ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
