Karl Hass was German SS Lt
col and was with SS intelligence service and with his ruthless actions, he was elevated
faster from junior level. After fall and
execution of of Mussolini by Partisans in Italy , Germany occupied
Italy. Hass was sent to setup radio net work in Italy and also sabotage behind
Allied lines who were advancing in Italy. Italian partisans in one of the bomb
attack on March 23, 1944 killed 33
German troops and. The enraged SS organised reprisals at the orders reportedly of Hitler and rounded up About 335
civilians including jews some partisan prisoners and massacred them at
Ardeatine cave near Rome with the help of Erich preibke another SS
officer. After WW II, he was arrested by
Allies but he was used by USA for spying over Soviet Union. He lived for fifty
yearsin USA without any trouble as a freeman. Italy requested for his
extradition and he reported to Italy and he was tried in 1998. He was to
testify against preibke. But during night changed his mind and tried to escape
by climbing out of balcony , But by misfortune he fell down and was badly
injured. He was taken to hospital where he testified about the massacre . He
was given life sentence by the trial courtr but due to poor health, he was put
in house arrest and he died in April 2004.
He was a SS captain during
WW II and belonged police dept of SS and he was associated with massacre of
Italian prisoners at Ardeatine cave near Rome where 335 Italian prisoners
including Jews were massacred in batches of five in a cave.it is claimed this massacre
was done at the orders of hitler after 33 German soldiers were killed by
Italian partisans. For every one German soldier killed 10 Italians were to be
killed as per the orders. accordingly the task was accomplished with the help
of SS. Officer Karl hass. After war he escaped to Argentina With the help of
Vatican pass port and travel documents. A bishop helped the war criminals .He
lived there for next Fifty years As freeman.His involvement in massacre was
discussed in a book written and found in old stores. The nazi hunters began
researching for him and traced him and he gave an interview to M Donaldson of
BBC in 1994. In which he confessed his involvement in the massacre.
Subsequently after great efforts and court battles he was extradited to Italy
where the trial took four years. After prolonged legal battles, public
retaliation over court decisions, he was sentenced to life along with Karl
Hass. He was placed under house arrest . He passed away on 11 Oct 2013.in Rome.
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