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Nazi War Criminal Aribert Heim Presumed Dead

By David Lohr

Newly discovered evidence suggests that Aribert Heim, a former SS member known as "Dr. Death," died in Egypt more than 16 years ago. Heim is accused of torturing and murdering hundreds of Jewish prisoners at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. Investigation Discovery first brought you Heim's story in July 2008. At that time, the Simon Wiesenthal Center announced that they had strong evidence suggesting that Heim, who would now be 94 years of age, was alive and residing in either southern Chile or Argentina. Dr. Efraim Zuroff, Nazi hunter and director of the center, refused to comment about the information he received regarding Heim's living in Chile. However, he did say that he expected Heim to be in custody within a "couple of weeks...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on February 05, 2009 (boomark / email).