Nazi war criminal refused funeral service in three cities

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Malta Today

Tuesday 15 October 2013 - 09:21

Nazi war criminal refused funeral service in three cities

The late German ex Navi officer Erich Piebke, who passed away last Friday at the age of 100 has been refused a funeral service both by the church and state in Rome, where his body lies in a hospital morgue, as well as his hometown and adopted hometown in Germany and Argentina, respectively.

Rome's mayor, police chief, and the pope's right-hand man have all refused to grant Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke a church funeral in the city where he participated in the 1944 massacre at the Ardeatine Caves, in which 335 civilians were killed.

The former SS captain never expressed any regret for his actions, instead insisting to the end that he was just following orders.

Priebke spent nearly 50 years on the run before being extradited to Italy from Argentina in 1995 to stand trial.

Rome's archdiocese on Monday said it had told Giachini to have the funeral at home "in strict privacy'' and that Pope Francis' vicar for Rome, Cardinal Agostino Vallini, had prohibited any Rome church from celebrating it.




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[LuvNewcastle]

1. So the church is saying, "go to hell, Erich."

[cosmicone]

2. I thought god was compassionate and all forgiving?

Not that I am complaining ... I am just pointing out the hypocrisy. This guy only massacred 350 odd people --- but Dick Cheney or Dubya who are responsible for over a million deaths will get state funerals with all the pomp.

[leftynyc]

3. That's for people who confess

and show contrition. This animal did neither.

[dflprincess]

12. Neither Bush or Cheney are Catholic so the Pope won't have a say in what happens to either one of

them when the time comes.

[Turbineguy]

4. Why don't they bury him

where people walk their dogs?

[Xipe Totec]

5. Bury him where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty four hours

Neither land nor sea - an unhallowed land.

[UncleYoder]

6. Buzzards gotta eat too. n/t

[ColesCountyDem]

7. Cremate him now, and hold a memorial service in his home later.

It's become quite common and accepted, here in the U.S.A.

[RebelOne]

8. True. My sister died of cancer.

Her daughters had her cremated and we had a celebration of her life service after.

[AtheistCrusader]

9. Who the hell would show up for that?

[ColesCountyDem]

11. I'm assuming the same people who want to bury him?

[seveneyes]

10. Remember the boston bomber and the outrage of possible cremation?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014473853

I wonder if this guy will get the same defense against cremation?

[1000words]

13. I understand the sentiment, but it is a bit silly.

He's dead. I doubt he is hurt or offended.