Auschwitz survivors accuse Germany of negligence in pursuing Nazis

A committee formed by survivors of Auschwitz, Nazi Germany's most infamous death camp, has accused German courts of negligence when it comes to pursuing and prosecuting Nazi criminals. In its statement the National Auschwitz Committee, which was formed in 1952, stated that the German judiciary had failed to deal with former death camp staff for decades. Christoph Heubner, its vice-president, told the Funke web portal that death camp survivors felt burdened by the fact that former camp personnel had largely avoided punishment in German courts.