MADRID — A Spanish prosecutor called Friday for international arrest warrants for three alleged former Nazi death camp guards living in the U.S., saying evidence shows they acted as accessories to genocide.
A final decision on whether to request the arrest and extradition of the three is up to Spanish Judge Ismael Moreno, who has been investigating since July at the request of a human rights group representing Spaniards who were held at Nazi camps.
Prosecutor Pedro Martinez Torrijos said Spain has jurisdiction under its principle of universal justice, which allows grave crimes committed elsewhere to be prosecuted in Spain, and because there were Spanish victims.
The suspects are Anton Tittjung, of Kewaunee, Wis.; Josias Kumpf, who lives in Racine, Wis.; and Johann Leprich, who lives near Detroit.
A fourth suspect in the Spanish probe — retired Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk — has been deported to Germany.
Martinez Torrijos said that for the time being he will not seek Demjanjuk’s arrest but he does not rule it out in the future.
by the associated press
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