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SS soldier leaves life savings to British village where he was kept prisoner

He was a soldier in one of the most fanatical divisions in Hitler's war machine.

As a member of the SS, Heinrich Steinmeyer expected little mercy as he surrendered to British troops towards the end of the Second World War.

But instead, he says he was treated with humanity by both the troops who captured him and the guards at the Scottish prison camp where he was kept until the end of the war.

Sixty-five years later, Mr Steinmeyer has pledged to leave his home and life savings of £430,000 to elderly residents in the village of Comrie, Perthshire, as a gesture of gratitude.
Read entire article at Daily Mail (UK)