Erich Priebke

Berlusconi invokes Holocaust as Nazi war criminal buried in unmarked grave

By Eric J. Lyman — November 7, 2013
ROME (RNS) Statements by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi were the latest in a string of recent incidents that brought the Holocaust and Nazi Germany out of the history books and onto the front pages of Italian media.

Nazi funeral flap overshadows Jewish ceremony

By Eric J. Lyman — October 16, 2013
(RNS) The ongoing controversy over the funeral of an unrepentant Nazi marred Wednesday’s ceremonies commemorating the 70th anniversary of the deportation of more than 1,000 of Rome’s Jews to concentration camps.

Nazi SS captain denied church funeral in Rome

By Eric J. Lyman — October 15, 2013
ROME (RNS) "It would be inappropriate to host a funeral for a man guilty of such atrocities and who never expressed regret even though he had many opportunities to do so," said the Rev. Alessandro Bianchi.
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