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| |  | | Erich Priebke | | | context : | Occupied Italy  | | judgement place : | Italy | | status : | Sentenced | | particulars : | Condemned to life imprisonment by the Italien military judiciary | | position : | Hauptsturmführer (Captain) of the Waffen-SS |
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| | | | Erich Priebke was born on 29 July 1913 in Hennigsdorf/ Germany. He was a Hauptsturmführer (Captain) of the Waffen-SS. He served under Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler (cf. "related cases") in Rome, where he was responsible for liasing with the Italian police.
On 23 March 1944, a bomb planted by the Italian resistance killed 33 German soldiers. As a consequence, Kappler drew up a list of 320 civilians who were to be executed as a reprisal. In total, 335 civilians were executed on 24 March 1944 in the Ardeatine Caves near Rome.
During his trial, Priebke confessed having directed the massacre with the help of a certain Karl Hass.
After the war, Priebke had been detained, but he was able to escape prison in 1946. Two years later, he managed to get to Argentina, where he settled in the region of San Carlos de Bariloche and took on various official posts. That place was also a hide-out for other former nazi officials such as Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the highest decorated pilote of the Luftwaffe (air force), or Friedrich Lantschner, the former Gauamtsleiter (Governor) of Tyrol.
But on 6 May 1994, a documentary on Priebke, produced by the journalist Sam Donaldson was screened on the US TV-Station ABC. Priebke was shown talking frankly about his involvement in the massacre in the Ardeatine Caves. Reactions followed immediately. Faced with international pressure, the Argentinian authorities arrested Priebke. In view of his advanced age, he was put under house arrest at his domicile. Italy requested his extradition on 9 May 1994. | |     click for more... | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Germany | | | date of birth : | | | 29.07.1913 | | | period of charges : | | | 24.03.1944 | | | judgement period : | | | 02.1998 - 09.03.1998 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity | | | profile last modified : | | | 27.09.2007 |
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