LUDWIGSBURG, Germany — Before Allied forces liberated Nazi Germany and the survivors of Adolf Hitler’s death and labor camps more than 70 years ago, tens of thousands of Nazi criminals who were directly involved in the Holocaust disappeared. How many more individuals will be charged largely depends on Jens Rommel, Germany’s sixth chief prosecutor for Nazi crimes. A new approach was needed, and it came after a court convicted former Nazi guard John Demjanjuk in 2011. Germany's chief prosecutor for Nazi crimes, Jens Rommel, searches his agency's archives in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Cases are also slowed because the Ludwigsburg-based Nazi crimes agency handles only early-stage investigations that are later taken over by local prosecutors.

Source: Washington Post August 21, 2018 10:16 UTC