02.05.2011                      28.Nisan, 5771                      Holocaust-Tag; Tag 13 des Omer

Nazi-Verbrecher:

Wiesenthal Center cites 9 states not chasing Nazi criminals

Syria, Austria, Lithuania among countries that center says “refuse in principle to investigate suspected Nazi war criminals because of legal restrictions.”

Syria, Austria and Lithuania are among nine countries where Nazi war criminals are not being brought to justice, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said on Sunday.
These nations either “refuse in principle to investigate, let alone prosecute, suspected Nazi war criminals because of legal (statute of limitation) or ideological restrictions,” or their “efforts (or lack thereof) have resulted in complete failure during the period under review, primarily due to the absence of political will to proceed and/or a lack of the requisite resources and/or expertise,” according to the center’s annual report card examining efforts to track down perpetrators of crimes against Jews during World War II…