After 55 years - justice: Ex-Concordia professor's testimony helps convict war criminal Final Edition

The case would never have come to court - let alone to a guilty verdict - had it not been for the testimony of [Adalbert Lallier], a native Hungarian who immigrated to Canada in the 1950s. After more than 50 years of silence, Lallier came forward in the fall of 1997 to tell a story which he said had...

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Published inThe Gazette (Montreal)
Main Author KARL-ANTON MAUCHER and KATE JAIMET
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Montreal, Que Postmedia Network Inc 04.04.2001
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RAVENSBURG, Germany
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Summary:The case would never have come to court - let alone to a guilty verdict - had it not been for the testimony of [Adalbert Lallier], a native Hungarian who immigrated to Canada in the 1950s. After more than 50 years of silence, Lallier came forward in the fall of 1997 to tell a story which he said had burdened his conscience his entire adult life. Fifty witnesses were heard at trial, among them many of Lallier's former comrades-in-arms in the Waffen-SS. Some of them denied any knowledge of the alleged crime; others testified that they heard rumours of the shooting in the spring of 1945, but did not witness it themselves. Lallier remained the only person who claimed to have seen the deed with his own eyes. Photo: (Adalbert) Lallier: "Maybe I'll stand taller." ; Photo: ([Julius Viel]) Viel receives 12-year term. ;
ISSN:2370-1676