85-year-old convicted of helping Nazis kill Jews

[Behind the Aegis]

Associated Press in Vilnius
Tuesday March 28, 2006
The Guardian


A court in Vilnius yesterday convicted an 85-year-old Lithuanian man of helping the Nazis murder Jews but deemed him too frail to be jailed.

Algimantas Dailide helped round up Jews for the Nazis as part of the Nazi-backed Vilnius security police during the second world war, when nearly 90% of Lithuania's Jewish population was killed. The judge said the defendant had been aware of committing crimes against Jews, but had not personally taken part in the killings.

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