pursuit, prosecution, and punishment of the Latvian war criminal Viktors Arajs
TitoloThe pursuit, prosecution, and punishment of the Latvian war criminal Viktors Arajs
Autore
Call numberS940.5318/002
Numero oggetto04187cz
Luogo di pubblicazioneJerusalem
EditoreYad Vashem
Anno di pubblicazione
2012
Dimensionipp81-106
MaterialeArticle
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 40 Part 2, 2012 p81-106
Descrizione
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