Sunday, November 7, 2010

Nazi War Criminal Dead in Italy

Michael Seifert, a former SS guard at the Bolzano transit camp, died on Saturday in Italy at the age of 86. Due to his cruelty, Seifert was given the nickname "the Beast of Bolzano." Seifert was serving a life sentence at the Santa Maria Capua Vetere prison in Italy for nine counts of murder charged in 2000. From 1944 to 1945 the Bolzano prison camp served as a transit point for jews and Italian prisoners being shipped north where Seifert stood guard and witnesses recall seeing him laugh while torturing victims. In 2008 Seifert was extradited from Canada to serve his sentence that he was charged with back in 2000. His cause of death will be determined by autopsy. Seifert recognized being a SS guard but denied any wrong doings at the prison.

Amy Pacheco

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