Karl Muenter, a former SS soldier who was convicted in France of a wartime massacre but who never served any time for his crimes, has died. He was 96.
The mayor's office in Nordstemmen, a town in northwestern Germany where Muenter lived, says he died on Friday. It provided no further details.
Muenter was a member of the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth," which was responsible for the massacre of 86 men in Ascq, France in 1944.