It reveals that Britain investigated the atrocities after the war - but later refused to bring any prosecutions fearing an international embarrassment. (Image: Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)Lord Pickles, the UK’s special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, said that people deserved to know why Britain failed to prosecute a single Nazi for war crimes committed there. The young officer, fluent in French and German, spoke with more than 3,000 witnesses, including former prisoners of war, German soldiers and civilians. The British officer’s report contained a long list of named Nazi officials, crimes they were accused of, and details of underlying evidence. It also provided evidence of the camp’s leadership structure and its role within the wider Nazi war machine, reporting to Heinrich Himmler, the main architect of the Holocaust.

Source: Daily Mirror May 30, 2021 16:23 UTC