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ECHR: Kononov’s Claim Against Latvia Rejected

2010-05-17, Strasbourg, France. The Court rejected an application filed by Vasiliy Kononov against Latvia in respect of Mr. Kononov’s conviction for war crimes perpetrated as a member of a sabotage group of Nazi resistance in Latvia in 1944. He was indicted in 1998 by Latvian prosecutors for murdering civilians during WWII. On 29 February 1944, Nazi [...]
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Serbia: Egner: Int'l Arrest Warrant Issued Against a Former Gestapo Officer

2010-04-02, Belgrade, Serbia. A Serbian Court issued an international warrant for the arrest of Peter Egner, a member of the Gestapo, and now an American citizen living in a retirement community outside of Seattle. He is accused of serving in the Einsatzgruppe, a Serbian Nazi police unit, that killed thousands of Jews and Serbs by gassing them [...]
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