pursuit, prosecution, and punishment of the Latvian war criminal Viktors Arajs
TitelThe pursuit, prosecution, and punishment of the Latvian war criminal Viktors Arajs
Verfasser
Call numberS940.5318/002
Inventarnummer04187cz
ErscheinungsortJerusalem
VerlagYad Vashem
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
Formatpp81-106
MaterialArtikel
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 40 Part 2, 2012 p81-106
Beschreibung
Reveals the story of the pursuit, prosecution, and punishment in West Germany of the Latvian war criminal Viktors Arajs whose kommando was involved in the murder of tens of thousands of Jews in Latvia and Belarus. He escaped justice for decades, although the German investigators knew of his murderous activities. He was arrested in 1975 and convicted in 1979