Israel's justice minister has written to his German counterpart in the hope of reopening the case against 88-year-old Klaas Carel Faber, a former SS hitman who was convicted in the Netherlands of murdering 22 Jews.
He was originally sentenced to death, which was then commuted to life in prison.
But he escaped from a Dutch jail in 1952 and has lived free in Germany ever since.
German authorities have said they would need new evidence if they are to enforce the Dutch verdict, and several attempts to extradite Faber have failed.
Authorities in Germany say there is only a theoretical chance that investigations could be reopened." (source)
