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SS concentration camp doctor named as most wanted Nazi as war criminal hunt continues

An SS concentration camp doctor accused of murdering hundreds of prisoners is to be named as the world's most-wanted Nazi war criminal.

Aribert Heim tops the list of 10 suspects, to be published by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, today.

Heim managed to avoid prosecution, his American-held file in Germany mysteriously omitting his time at Mauthausen, and now he is the most-wanted suspected Nazi war criminal among hundreds who the Simon Wiesenthal Centre estimates are still free.
Read entire article at Daily Mail