Death of Klaas Faber

January 20, 1922 - May 24, 2012
Berlin, Germany | Age 90

Dutch-born war crimes convict dies in Germany
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GEIR MOULSON, The Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — Klaas Faber, a Dutch native who fled to Germany after being convicted in the Netherlands of Nazi war crimes, has died. He was 90.

A hospital official in Ingolstadt, where he lived, confirmed on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to comment officially that Faber died Thursday.

Faber — No. 3 on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most-wanted Nazis — was convicted in 1947 of involvement in 22 murders and...

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