Now 90, Rasmussen, a widower, potters around the affluent enclave in Copenhagen and idles away his time laughing and joking with his friends at a walking club for the elderly where no-one knows of his history. He was a soldier in the Nazi unit Free Corps Denmark and served as camp guard outside Bobruisk in present-day Belarus. But because he currently resides in Sweden, it is doubtul whether or not he can be put on trial." One of the few witnesses who have told what took place there was Dutch SS-guard Lambertus Loyen. It's one of the less well known Nazi 'labour' camps, but in an interview with the Danish police on June 6, 1945 Rasmussen - part of the Free Corps Denmark - told of the horrors of what went on there. Â. And when they were no longer fit to work, they were ordered out to big mass graves placed at the edge of the camp grounds. That, according to German law, made him part of the killing machine,' Mr Straede said. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Zuroff told the AP they had a strong case against Helmuth Leif Rasmussen because of documents found by Danish historians published in a book ⦠Scandinavia , Germany , Belarus , Denmark . Verdenskrig. Belarus concentration camp A leading Nazi-hunter has called on the Danish government to arrest a 90-year-old suspected war criminal. Though Zuroff revealed neither details of his suit, nor the name of the Danish Nazi, Berlingske suggested that the suspect is Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. After the imprisonment, Rasmussen changed his surname to Helmuth Rasbøl and quietly got on with his life. Second stimulus check: Will you get $2,000, $600 or nothing? Læs mere. Of the 1,500 Jews who were taken to Waldlager from the ghetto in Warsaw in 1942 â only 90 survived when it closed the following year. Som barn voksede Helmuth Leif Rasmussen op i et dysfunktionelt hjem, og som teenager flyttede han ind hos en onkel med nazistiske sympatier, der rådede den 17-årige Helmuth Leif Rasmussen til at melde sig til Frikorps Danmark. The probe had been âvery thoroughâ but evidence against 91-year-old Helmuth Leif Rasmussen was âlimited,â chief prosecutor Steen Bechmann Jacobsen said. Some managed to escape, but an estimated 20,000 Bobruisk Jews were killed in the months following the German invasion. Born Helmuth Leif Rasmussen, Rasbol joined the Waffen-SS as a foreign volunteer following the German invasion of Denmark in 1940 and later served as a guard in the Judenlager ("Jewish camp") in Babruysk, Belarus during 1942 and 1943, when 1,400 Jewish inmates were killed or died under horrific physical conditions. And the answer isnât obvious. Local; Death of Daniel Prude; National & World; Decision 2020 Af god grund. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. © 2015 The Associated Press. 22.30. Helmuth Leif Rasmussen was a guard at the Waldlager forest camp in Bobruisk, Belarus, where Jews too sick, fatigued or malnourished to work were forced to ⦠Cops swoop on gathering with more than 60 people, Tragic moment woman is swept away by flood waters in Brazil, Armed police arrest 'man carrying weapons' in Park Royal, 'Deepfake' version of Queen for alternative Christmas message, Chaos in Dover as thousands of lorries fill motorway and laybys, 800 hot meals for stranded Kent truck drivers get police escort, Flemming Emil Hansen In Vienna For Mailonline. Now, some of the documents are reported missing from his case, according to newspaper Berlingske. Zuroff told the AP they had a strong case against Helmuth Leif Rasmussen because of documents found by Danish historians published in a book last year, and that they were looking at other cases. Aksel Andersen, who worked in the same unit, is also on the list. Helmuth Leif Rasmussen maakte in de Tweede Wereldoorlog deel uit van het Vrijkorps Denemarken. Prosecutors said they would review the material before deciding if they need further information. Genealogy for Leif Helmuth Rasmussen (1921 - d.) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. He died aged 93 in March - receiving no punishment for his crime.Â, Just a week after the invasion of the Soviet Union, a Danish Nazi Party newspaper announced the launch of the Free Corps Denmark (pictured here in 1941), Carl Værnet, a Danish physician, S.S. major and medical research officer at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany, experimented with hormone therapy as a possible means of overriding homosexuality or bisexuality in men.Â. The book asserts that 1,400 Jews died in Belarus when Mr. Rasmussen, now living in Copenhagen, was in the âinner circleâ of the camp run by the SS. It was a conscious strategy to introduce the recruits to these types of crimes from day one,' he said. Some 6,000 Danish volunteers joined the SS during World War II after the German army invaded the country in 1940. The formation of the corps was subsequently sanctioned by the Danish government, and Danish Royal Army officers and soldiers were given leave. Efraim Zuroff, Israel director of the Wiesenthal Centre, submitted a claim against Helmuth Leif Rasmussen, who now calls himself Helmuth Rasboel, on Tuesday afternoon. ", "But he always said he was a bystander," Larsen said. The question isnât hypothetical: The Simon Wiesenthal Center has presented Danish authorities with a dossier urging the prosecution of Helmuth Leif Rasmussen, who by his own account was present at the Bobruisk camp in 1942-43 when 1,400 Jews were killed there. "Helmuth Leif Rasmussen has during the last 40 years lived under a different name in Fredriksberg. The question isnât hypothetical: The Simon Wiesenthal Center has presented Danish authorities with a dossier urging the prosecution of Helmuth Leif Rasmussen, who ⦠Tracking Biden's Cabinet picks as administration takes shape, DACA faces biggest legal test ahead of Biden presidency, Biden taps Deb Haaland to be 1st Native American interior secretary, Biden plans to nominate Michael Regan as EPA chief, Biden announces Pete Buttigieg as pick to lead Transportation Department. Nu advarer han om, at mulige beviser i den verserende sag mod den tidligere danske nazist og Frikorps Danmark-soldat Helmuth Leif Rasmussen er væk. Helmuth Leif Rasmussen har i over 60 år levet under et andet navn på Frederiksberg. And he is not the only Danish person on Efraim Zuroff's list. What a horrific tragedy during the Holocaust Era. Helmuth Leif Rasmussen; Denmark ends probe into Dane over WWII murder of Jews Merced Sun-Star. Prisoners were also buried in the ground with only their heads sticking out, after which fellow prisoners were forced to kick them to death.Â, Nazi hunter: Efraim Zuroff, from the Simon Weisenthal Center was in Copenhagen this week to talk to police about the case against Danish Nazi volunteer Helmuth Leif Rasmussen, Søren Kam was a Danish Waffen-S.S. officer, In 1940, Germany ordered the military occupation of Denmark under the pretence of protecting the Danes from British invasion.Â, King Christian X and the Danish government allowed the peaceful occupation of the country in the face of potential aerial bombing.Â, Germany asked Denmark to form a military corps to fight with them against the Soviets in 1941.Â. A retired lighting technician who served at a Second World War death camp where 1,400 Jews were executed could be the next Nazi tried for mass murder, it has emerged.Helmuth Leif Rasmussen ⦠Zuroff says they have a strong case against Helmuth Leif Rasmussen because of documents found by Danish historians published in a book ⦠(My grammar teacher said never end a sentence with a preposition, I just did it twice :-?) âTo be prosecuted for participation in mass killings requires a closer connection to the crime itself. A Waffen SS volunteer, one of 6,000 Danes to sign up during the Second World War, Rasmussen admitted he was at Waldlager - but insisted he was there to train to fight on the front line and took no part in the killings. Helmuth Leif Rasmussen Ramussen, 90, was one of the 6,000 Danish volunteers to have joined the SS after Germany invaded the country in 1940. A top Nazi hunter from the US-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre, Efraim Zuroff, travelled to Denmark in July last year to file a police complaint against Helmuth Leif Rasmussen, over war crimes alleged to have taken place between 1942 and 1943. The 91-year-old Helmuth Leif Rasmussen was reported to the police last year for complicity in war crimes during World War II. 'I can't tell whether he can be sentenced according to Danish law, but if he was German he definitely could. Now, some of the documents are reported missing from his case, according to newspaper Berlingske. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has presented Danish authorities with a dossier urging the prosecution of Helmuth Leif Rasmussen, who by his own account was present at the Bobruisk camp in 1942- 43, when 1,400 Jews were killed there. "Now we're looking for additional Danish Waffen SS who served in this camp. "It is a matter we take very seriously," Morten Nils Jakobsen from the state prosecutor's office of serious economic and international crimes told Danish news agency Ritzau. All Rights Reserved. The book, "En skole i vold" (A Book of Violence), claims that 1,400 Jews died in Belarus when Rasmussen, now known by the name Rasboel, was in the "inner circle" of the Bobruisk camp run by the SS. 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COPENHAGEN - An elderly Dane accused of being involved in the mass murder of Jews in Belarus during World War II will not be prosecuted, Danish authorities said Friday, saying Aksel Andersen, who worked in the same unit, is also on the list. His sentence also took into consideration the charge of treason against Denmark during WW2. Because of their occupation of territories in the USSR, the Nazis needed to establish a central supply base for the Waffen SS in central and southern Russia. Zuroff told the AP they had a strong case against Helmuth Leif Rasmussen because of documents found by Danish historians published in a book last year. And where was it retrieved from. The 91-year-old Helmuth Leif Rasmussen was reported to the police last year for complicity in war crimes during World War II. Danish authorities said they donât have any hard evidence that he took part in the murders or that he committed murder. Sturgeon apologises for breaching Covid rules, Sikh community get police escort to deliver food to Dover lorries, 'The party's over! Helmuth Leif Rasmussen or Rasboel (1924- ) Theodor Szehinskyj (1924- ) What exactly is this supposed to be a total complete and accurate list of? Dit was een onderdeel van de Deense nazipartij DNSAP. And only three survivors have ever spoken of what happened to them there.Â. One of the authors of the book, Dennis Larsen, who has interviewed Rasboel twice, says he admitted seeing Jews "being killed and thrown into mass graves. Feels like: Humidity: Wind speed: Tomorrow. Recent onderzoek door de Deense historici Dennis Larsen en Therkel Straede naar Deense naziâs in de Tweede ⦠To do that they built a base in the forest camp close to the village of KIssyelevichi â five miles from Bobruisk. He escaped to Germany where he gained citizenship in 1956 and his adopted country refused to extradite him to Denmark where he was convicted of the murder in-absentia. The question isnât hypothetical: The Simon Wiesenthal Center has presented Danish authorities with a dossier urging the prosecution of Helmuth Leif Rasmussen, who by ⦠This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Rasboel, who lives in Copenhagen, has acknowledged in interviews that he had been a guard and a member of the SS, but has denied involvement in killings. He changed his name when he left prison after being jailed in 1948, 'When they had done that, they were executed with a single shot to the back of the head, after which the corpses were covered with dirt and snow.'Â. Why is he fundraising for it? "To be prosecuted for participation in mass killings requires a closer connection to the crime itself. He volunteered as an officer in the Schalburg Corps - a 'Viking' division of the S.S. - and was one of three men who killed a Danish anti-Nazi newspaper editor. Trump pardons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, Trump vetoes $740 billion defense legislation. Zuroff told the AP they had a strong case against Helmuth Leif Rasmussen because of documents found by Danish historians published in a book last year. Even if courtroom-quality evidence sufficient for the conviction of specific accused Danish mass murderers (e. g, Helmuth Leif Rasmussen) is lacking, this does not let the Danes off the hook. Helmuth Leif Rasmussen har i over 60 år levet under et andet navn på Frederiksberg. Unreal â¦.. Werther realizes this, as he comments, âDanes were involved in German war crimes and genocide. By Flemming Emil Hansen In Vienna For Mailonline, Published: 02:52 EST, 27 July 2015 | Updated: 06:00 EST, 27 July 2015. Wracked with guilt, Loyen voluntarily confessed to crimes committed at the camp and said he hadn't slept a night since he left. He was sentenced to life in prison in a Dutch court in 1976 and committed suicide in his prison cell. 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