Alleged Nazi concentration camp killer dies at 86
A woman alleged to have murdered prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp during World War Two has died aged 86, Austrian justice officials said on Thursday.
German-born Erna Wallisch died in hospital on Saturday a month after Austria, prompted by new testimony from Poland, reopened an investigation into her past that had been dropped in 1973 for lack of hard evidence.
The Polish findings, based on witness statements, suggested Wallisch may have committed murder in the Majdanek camp near Lublin in Nazi-occupied Poland, Vienna state prosecutors said last month.
Wallisch always said she had only guarded prisoners.
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German-born Erna Wallisch died in hospital on Saturday a month after Austria, prompted by new testimony from Poland, reopened an investigation into her past that had been dropped in 1973 for lack of hard evidence.
The Polish findings, based on witness statements, suggested Wallisch may have committed murder in the Majdanek camp near Lublin in Nazi-occupied Poland, Vienna state prosecutors said last month.
Wallisch always said she had only guarded prisoners.