Rome, Italy – Italian Jews protested today outside the lawyer's office at which a 93-year-old Nazi war criminal was starting work following a court ruling that allows him to leave house arrest every day.
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About 100 people, some shouting "Murderer!", gathered outside the Rome office where former SS Captain Erich Priebke, jailed for life for the massacre of 335 men and boys at the Ardeatine Caves near Rome during World War Two, was beginning his first day at work.
"It's an absolute disgrace, people forget," Leone Sonnino, an 80-year-old Jewish man, said. "People say 'It's enough now'. Enough for what? Nothing should be enough, there can never be enough grief."
"The protest will last for as long as we have breath," said another Jewish protester, Roberto Limentani.
Priebke arrived before the protestors on the back of a motor scooter driven by his lawyer, Paolo Giachini.
A military court ruled last week, as was reported here, that Priebke, who is serving his sentence under house arrest for health reasons, can work for Giachini, who campaigned for his freedom and in whose Rome flat Priebke lives.
The lawyer says Priebke will use his knowledge of German, Spanish, English and French to do translations and clerical work at his office. [Reuters]