Final: Alois Brunner died in Damascus 4 years ago

Alois Brunner, an SS officer who served as the personal assistant of the odious Adolf Eichmann, and who was considered for many years a wanted Nazi criminal, worked for decades for Hafez al-Assad and probably died at the age of 98 - four years ago in Damascus, reveals today (Sunday) Dr. Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Zuroff added that the organization "has been informed of the former German secret agent, who served in the Middle East". He said Brunner was buried in Damascus.

According to the estimates of the Institute, approximately -128 500 Jews were sent to death camps by Brunner, 47 thousand Jews from Austria, 44 thousand Jews from Greece, 23.5 thousand Jews from France and 14 thousand Jews from Slovakia.

"Brunner was known for his cruelty and his strong desire to kill all the Jews," said Zuroff, "in 1985 he gave an interview, probably only ever after the war, the weekly German news Monte. When asked if he has ever while regrets, he replied his only regret is that he didn’t murder more Jews ".

According to the source, Brunner was "anti-Semitic person, cruel and sadistic, abused thousands of Jews during the Holocaust." In the fifties, he managed to escape to Syria and became an adviser to the Syrian government, alias' Georg Fischer. In August 1987 he issued an international arrest warrant against Interpol. Again in March 2001 was sentenced in absentia in France, was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Brunner is included in the list of Nazi criminals in Europe. Israeli Mossad tried to catch Brunner who lost one eye and several fingers by letter bombs sent to him.

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