BERLIN – A Nazi commander sentenced to life in prison in 2009 for killing 10 Italians in 1944, will not have to go to jail due to his deteriorating mental health, his lawyer has said.
After an 11-month trial by a Munich court, Josef Scheungraber (93) was found guilty of ordering the murder of the civilians near Tuscan Arezzo and attempting to kill another Italian as a reprisal for attacks by Italian partisans. He had been allowed to remain free as his lawyer worked though appeals. – (Reuters)