Serge and Beate Klarsfeld are celebrated Nazi hunters who have dedicated their lives to tracking down key perpetrators of the Holocaust. Their efforts led to the conviction of figures like Klaus Barbie, dubbed the 'Butcher of Lyon,' and highlighted the systematic deportation of Jews by individuals such as Kurt Lischka. Despite their success, many Nazi war criminals evaded justice. Their relentless pursuit culminated in a significant 1979 German law that removed statutes of limitations on murder and genocide, paving the way for greater accountability in prosecuting historical atrocities.
"We only pursued the criminals who had made decisions about the fate of masses of Jews," he wrote to DW. "We only pursued the leaders of the Final Solution."
"If the Germans had adopted the 1979 law in 1954, the cases of thousands of Nazi criminals would have been examined by public prosecutors."
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