Civil and church authorities have moved to prevent a funeral in Rome for Erich Priebke, a Nazi war criminal convicted of one of Italy’s worst wartime massacres, who died last week at the age of 100.

ROME (Reuters) - Civil and church authorities have moved to prevent a funeral in Rome for Erich Priebke, a Nazi war criminal convicted of one of Italy's worst wartime massacres, who died last week at ...

NAZI war criminal Erich Priebke has died in Rome aged 100 after serving nearly 15 years under house arrest for a World War II massacre in Italy. Priebke was sentenced to life in prison in 1998 for his ...

ROME - Dozens of demonstrators, including members of Rome's Jewish community, protested outside the apartment building where the former SS officer responsible for one of Italy's worst wartime ...

The funeral for convicted Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke will likely be held the day before Rome marks the 70th anniversary of the Nazi deportation of more than 1,000 Roman Jews to Auschwitz. ROME ...

Nothing—not even death—can shield former Nazi Erich Priebke from the world’s hatred. After the notorious war criminal died on Friday, officials have had trouble finding a church or even a country ...

Former German Nazi SS officer Erich Priebke waves to the members of the media as he boards a plane to be extradited to Italy to face a war crimes trial, in Bariloche, southern Argentina in this ...

(JTA) – Protests forced the suspension of the funeral of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke near Rome. On Tuesday, hundreds of protesters clashed with neo-Nazi sympathizers who tried to join the private ...

The body of convicted Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke lay at a military airport near Rome and its final destination remained unclear on Wednesday, a day after rival groups of protesters forced a ...

The president of Rome’s Jewish community called on authorities to bar any public celebration of the 100th birthday of convicted Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke. Riccardo Pacifici on Tuesday called on ...

The coffin of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke has been taken to a military airport near Rome after a funeral was halted following angry protests. Italian officials said contacts had been made with ...