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Canadian court refused to suspend Oberlander's case

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Canadian court refused to suspend Oberlander's case


07.04.2021

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The court in Canada refused to satisfy the claim of Helmut Oberlander, RIA Novosti reports. The accomplice of the Nazis wanted his case to be suspended indefinitely.

Oberlander decided to challenge the authorities' decision to release the details of his case on the grounds that they allegedly violated court procedures, which is why the case should be suspended on a permanent basis.

The judge said that the court should not consider Oberlander's claim and should not make a positive decision.

According to the judge, these complaints need to be examined administratively. If the results of the consideration do not satisfy Oberlander, he can appeal them in court. How long the administrative review may take is not reported.

Oberlander lives safely in Canada, now he is 96 years old. Over the years after the war, several members of the Sonderkommando managed to be captured and convicted, but Oberlander escaped criminal responsibility. Now the Investigative Committee of Russia, based on the norms of international law and Russian laws, is working to establish all the circumstances of Oberlander's participation in the murder of children in Yeisk.

The tragedy happened in 1942. Sonderkommando SS-10 "a" operated in the Krasnodar Territory. It was directed by Dr. Kurt Christman, and Oberlander was the translator. Using mobile gas chambers, within two days the Nazis killed more than 200 children in Yeisk. Oberlander could also have been involved in the massacres in the Krasnodar Territory.

According to the Charter of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, killings and extermination of civilians before or during war are crimes against humanity without a statute of limitations.

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