Top Nazi hunter to continue despite fall-off in suspects

Undeterred by dwindling numbers of living suspects, Germany’s top Nazi hunter is determined to keep working for another decade.

As a handful of new Auschwitz-related trials begins, Jens Rommel says his work is becoming more difficult every year and yields only modest results. But it still matters. “We help to make sure these crimes don’t disappear into history and that they have a relevance today ... There is still a lot of work to do,” said Rommel, no relation to Hitler’s Field Marshal, Erwin Rommel.

Ageing suspects, most of whom deny guilt, are growing frail, making the race to prosecute them all the more pressing.