Aribert Heim | |
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| Birth name | Aribert Ferdinand Heim |
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| Born | June 28, 1914 Bad Radkersburg, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | August 10, 1992 (aged 78) Cairo, Egypt |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service |  Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1940–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain) |
| Unit | Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp 6th SS Mountain Division Nord |
Aribert Ferdinand Heim (28 June 1914 – 10 August 1992),[1] also known as Dr. Death and Butcher of Mauthausen, was an Austrian Schutzstaffel (SS) doctor. During World War II, he served at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Mauthausen, killing and torturing inmates using various methods, such as the direct injection of toxic compounds into the hearts of his victims.[2]
After the war, Heim lived in Cairo, Egypt, under the alias of Tarek Farid Hussein after his conversion to Islam.[3] In February 2009, after years of attempts to locate him, German television network ZDF had found Heim's passport and other documents in Cairo.[4] It was then reported that Heim had died there on 10 August 1992 from complications of rectal cancer, according to testimony by his son Ruediger and lawyer.[5] This information, though set forth by a German court, was questioned by Efraim Zuroff, a leading Nazi hunter of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.[2][6][4] Zuroff stated that on a visit to Puerto Montt, Chile, in July 2008, Heim's daughter told him that Heim had died in 1993 in Argentina.[2] In 2012, a court in Baden-Baden confirmed again that Heim had died in 1992 in Egypt, based on new evidence provided by his family and lawyer.[1] The Wiesenthal Center continued to dispute these findings, and Heim remained on the list of most-wanted Nazi war criminals until 2013.[7]
- ^ a b "German court confirms Nazi 'Doctor Death' died in 1992". BBC. September 21, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ a b c "The life and crimes of 'Dr Death'". BBC News. February 5, 2009.
- ^ "The SS Doctor Who Converted to Islam and Escaped the Nazi Hunters". VICE. April 21, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ a b "Nazi camp doctor 'died in 1992'". BBC News. February 4, 2009.
- ^ "Nazi hunters want German probe on war criminal Heim". Reuters. February 11, 2009.
- ^ From the Briefcase of Dr. Aribert Heim, The New York Times, 4 February 2009.
- ^ "Simon Wiesenthal Center 2013 Annual Report on the Status of Nazi War Criminals" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014.