pursuit, prosecution, and punishment of the Latvian war criminal Viktors Arajs
TitreThe pursuit, prosecution, and punishment of the Latvian war criminal Viktors Arajs
Auteur
Call numberS940.5318/002
N° d'objet04187cz
Lieu de publicationJerusalem
EditeurYad Vashem
Année de publication
2012
Dimensionspp81-106
MatérielArticle
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 40 Part 2, 2012 p81-106
Description
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