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Nazi-hunter calls for arrest of Danish 90-year-old who was ‘SS member’

July 22, 2015 21:04
Belarus concentration camp

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Sandy Rashty,

Sandy Rashty

1 min read

A leading Nazi-hunter has called on the Danish government to arrest a 90-year-old suspected war criminal.

Efraim Zuroff, Israel director of the Wiesenthal Centre, submitted a claim against Helmuth Leif Rasmussen, who now calls himself Helmuth Rasboel, on Tuesday afternoon.

Mr Zuroff made the submission after finding a book which claimed that Rasmussen was in the “inner circle” of an SS group running a death camp in Belarus.

Mr Zuroff claimed that the 90-year-old was one of 6,000 Danes who volunteered to serve in the SS.