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In the immediate post-war years, Boere spent two years in an Allied prisoner-of-war camp, where he was interrogated and admitted to the three killings. After release from the PoW camp, Boere initially went into hiding out of fear of being sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence, but managed to flee to Germany. In 1949, a Dutch court sentenced Boere to death in absentia for the three murders, for supporting the enemy, and for serving in the army of the enemy. According to Dutch law, the latter automatically leads to the loss of Dutch citizenship. Boere claimed German citizenship on the basis of a so-called Führererlass, a law promulgated by Hitler providing all SS-members with German citizenship. This law remained in force during the 1950s and 1960s in Germany, but was later annulled under pressure from the European Union. From that point on, Boere was stateless, which was confirmed during the trial against him that started in October 2009. The German government has refused to extradite him. West Germany was responsible for prosecuting war criminals, but Boere was never brought to trial there.[5]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Boere
A Dutch man who collaborated in '40 was sentenced to death in '49. He (Boere) escaped and went to Germany. There, he was granted a German citizen ship since he was (hardcore) Waffen-SS and there is a law in Germany they cannot be extradited.
Late 2009 the Dutch state initiated a trail to to manage extradition from the German government (Dep of justice), who refused. Lately a request has been made in the European Union to force Germany to extradite this Boere so the sentence can be executed.
The Netherlands do not have a death penalty, except during war time, which Boere received. Off course this sentence will not take effect when the extradition would take place (would not mind if it would happen though).
It is a bit harsh though that after so many years Germany still protects former war criminal by law. Although various German politicians have publicly disapproved the protection of Boere, the law is still in effect.
