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2011-11-20 15:42:18 UTC
"Kommando Feldmeijer during World War II."
Netherlands calls for arrest of Nazi war criminal Faber
Faber now lives in the Bavarian town of Ingolstadt in southern The
Netherlands has issued a European arrest warrant for a Dutch-born Nazi
war criminal, Klaas-Carel Faber, now living in Germany.
Faber, 88, was sentenced to death in 1947 for the deaths of Jews at
the Westerbork transit camp but his term was commuted to life.
He escaped in 1952, was given German citizenship and now lives in
Bavaria.
Local media say it is the first time the Netherlands has issued a
European arrest warrant for a war criminal.
In a statement, the Netherlands public prosecutor's office described
the warrant as a preliminary step before a formal extradition request
is made to Germany.
"We are hopeful and we think that it is important, so that he can at
last go to jail. We don't know if we'll be successful," spokeswoman
Tineke Zwart told the BBC News website.
Reprisals
Faber, originally from the western Dutch town of Haarlem, served in an
SS unit known as Kommando Feldmeijer during World War II.
The group was renowned for killing around 50 Dutch civilians
considered "anti-German" as reprisals for attacks by the resistance.
Earlier this year, a member of the same SS unit, Heinrich Boere, was
sentenced to life by a court in the German city of Aachen for the
murder of three Dutch civilians in 1944.
Boere, Faber and Faber's brother, Pieter, had all been involved in the
Silbertanne (Silver Pine) operation.
Pieter Faber was executed for war crimes in 1948.
Extradition
Klaas-Carel Faber is high on the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's list of
Nazi war criminals still at large.
For years, Germany has refused his extradition on the grounds that he
is a German citizen.
After it emerged earlier this year that he was living in the Bavarian
town of Ingolstadt, Germany said it would re-assess his case.
The Dutch and German justice ministers are said to have discussed
Faber's extradition, although a final decision will be taken by a
German judge.
If Faber is returned to the Netherlands, he will be sent straight to
prison because of his conviction for murder.
Netherlands calls for arrest of Nazi war criminal Faber
Faber now lives in the Bavarian town of Ingolstadt in southern The
Netherlands has issued a European arrest warrant for a Dutch-born Nazi
war criminal, Klaas-Carel Faber, now living in Germany.
Faber, 88, was sentenced to death in 1947 for the deaths of Jews at
the Westerbork transit camp but his term was commuted to life.
He escaped in 1952, was given German citizenship and now lives in
Bavaria.
Local media say it is the first time the Netherlands has issued a
European arrest warrant for a war criminal.
In a statement, the Netherlands public prosecutor's office described
the warrant as a preliminary step before a formal extradition request
is made to Germany.
"We are hopeful and we think that it is important, so that he can at
last go to jail. We don't know if we'll be successful," spokeswoman
Tineke Zwart told the BBC News website.
Reprisals
Faber, originally from the western Dutch town of Haarlem, served in an
SS unit known as Kommando Feldmeijer during World War II.
The group was renowned for killing around 50 Dutch civilians
considered "anti-German" as reprisals for attacks by the resistance.
Earlier this year, a member of the same SS unit, Heinrich Boere, was
sentenced to life by a court in the German city of Aachen for the
murder of three Dutch civilians in 1944.
Boere, Faber and Faber's brother, Pieter, had all been involved in the
Silbertanne (Silver Pine) operation.
Pieter Faber was executed for war crimes in 1948.
Extradition
Klaas-Carel Faber is high on the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's list of
Nazi war criminals still at large.
For years, Germany has refused his extradition on the grounds that he
is a German citizen.
After it emerged earlier this year that he was living in the Bavarian
town of Ingolstadt, Germany said it would re-assess his case.
The Dutch and German justice ministers are said to have discussed
Faber's extradition, although a final decision will be taken by a
German judge.
If Faber is returned to the Netherlands, he will be sent straight to
prison because of his conviction for murder.