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Nazi criminal funeral halted due to protests
Last edited Tue Oct 15, 2013, 08:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: BBC
15 October 2013 Last updated at 21:43 GMT
Nazi criminal funeral halted due to protests
The funeral service for a Nazi war criminal in Italy has been called off after protesters surrounded his hearse.
More than 500 people shouted "murderer" and "executioner", and clashed with Nazi sympathisers, as Erich Priebke's coffin passed.
The former German SS officer was jailed for life in 1998, over the killing of more than 300 civilians in 1944.
He died while under house arrest last week, aged 100, and had never apologised for his actions.
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Nazi criminal funeral halted due to protests
The funeral service for a Nazi war criminal in Italy has been called off after protesters surrounded his hearse.
More than 500 people shouted "murderer" and "executioner", and clashed with Nazi sympathisers, as Erich Priebke's coffin passed.
The former German SS officer was jailed for life in 1998, over the killing of more than 300 civilians in 1944.
He died while under house arrest last week, aged 100, and had never apologised for his actions.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24544380
Source: Irish Times
Attempt to hold Italian funeral service for Nazi war criminal abandoned
Paddy Agnew
Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 01:00
An attempt to hold a funeral service for the Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke in Albano Laziale, south of Rome, had to be abandoned last night in the face of fierce protests from outraged Albano citizens.
Priebke, who died last week in Rome, was one of the most notorious Nazi war criminals of Italian second World War history, having played a prominent role in the massacre of 335 Italians at the Fosse Ardeatine, Rome, in March 1944.
With the vicariate of Rome having made it clear it would not countenance a public funeral service, Priebke’s defence lawyer Paolo Giachini switched to a church outside Rome. The intention had been to hold the service in the chapel of the Saint Pius X Confraternity in Albano but when news got around, the “Lefebvre” institute found itself surrounded by an angry crowd who forced the service to be abandoned.
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Paddy Agnew
Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 01:00
An attempt to hold a funeral service for the Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke in Albano Laziale, south of Rome, had to be abandoned last night in the face of fierce protests from outraged Albano citizens.
Priebke, who died last week in Rome, was one of the most notorious Nazi war criminals of Italian second World War history, having played a prominent role in the massacre of 335 Italians at the Fosse Ardeatine, Rome, in March 1944.
With the vicariate of Rome having made it clear it would not countenance a public funeral service, Priebke’s defence lawyer Paolo Giachini switched to a church outside Rome. The intention had been to hold the service in the chapel of the Saint Pius X Confraternity in Albano but when news got around, the “Lefebvre” institute found itself surrounded by an angry crowd who forced the service to be abandoned.
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Read more: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/attempt-to-hold-italian-funeral-service-for-nazi-war-criminal-abandoned-1.1561969