Danish-Born SS Officer Can Be Tried over 1943 Murder

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A court ruled today that a 83-year-old former Danish SS officer, now living in Germany, could be charged in Denmark with murder for allegedly assassinating a Danish journalist during the Second World War.

It was not immediately clear if the Danish government would seek to extradite Soeren Kam, who fled the country after the war and became a German citizen.
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Kam, who was a member of a Danish branch of the SS known as the Schalburg Corps, is suspected of assassinating Carl Henrik Clemmensen, a newspaper editor who was gunned down in a Copenhagen suburb in 1943.

Clemmensen was kidnapped on August 30, 1943, and found dead the next morning. Kam was linked to the assassination by another Danish Nazi, Knud Flemming Helweg-Larsen, who was executed on January 5, 1946 for his part in the killing.

The court’s ruling means authorities in Denmark can issue a European Union arrest warrant for Kam and demand his extradition from Germany, but such a request must be issued by the Justice Ministry.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3867700

[shesemsmom]

1. It is never to late to see justice done

I wonder how many will be punished 50 or more years from now for war crimes committed today. If the world is still here....

[Poppyseedman]

2. Good, every SS officer shoud be hunted down.

until the last one is buried and dead. In that order.