Few Nazi-crimes suspects lost pensions, review reveals – Despite a two-decades-old law revoking them, tens of thousands of persons suspected of Nazi war crimes have been able to receive disability pensions in Germany. | Ynetnews

BERLIN — Tens of thousands of Nazi war crimes suspects may have been able to continue receiving disability pensions despite a law passed nearly two decades ago ordering them revoked, according to an official review quietly published Tuesday that revealed that only 99 people lost their payments.
The review, commissioned by the Labor Ministry and posted on their website, concludes that several factors led to the poor success rate, including the sheer scale of the task reviewing tens of thousands of cases, the lack of digitalization of key files, legal challenges and, in some cases, apathy in implementing the law.