Talk:Aribert Heim

Later career
"he is accused of killing and torturing many inmates through various methods, such as direct injections of toxic compounds into the hearts of his victims."

what about adding 'to advance the medical science' ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.105.86.55 (talk) 22:31, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

"Subsequently, he disappeared, moving to Spain, [..] and then finally Spain again until 2005." How can this be, when he supposedly died 1992? Elconejo (talk) 21:57, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

This article should definietely be updated given news reports coming out today. Heim's own son (according to AP reports) is now saying he died of cancer in Egypt in 1992. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.239.58.111 (talk) 02:28, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Agreed -> BBC News report —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.244.144.141 (talk) 23:52, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Arrggghhh: The saga continues! A Mr. Dov Freedman (no-doubt another obsessed Jewish Nazi-hunter) has produced a documentary - yawn, claiming once more that this guy is still alive. It's to be aired on the BBC in the next week - called 'The last Nazis' or 'Dr Death' or something - YAWN, how original. Lol the guy would be 97!!!! If, by some miracle, he is still alive, he'll probably be senile, so what's the point of dredging all this up again? Oh, I forgot, statutes of limitations don't apply to Nazis - just everyone else. If Mr Freedman wants to find some war criminals maybe he should start looking in Israel. There are plenty of youthful ones there, but, no doubt a statute of limitations, or whatever bs. they use to hide behind, is in place.1812ahill (talk) 04:33, 10 September 2009 (UTC)


 * User:1812ahill's caustic comments on Mr. Freedman and Israel are duly noted – d.n.f.t.t. HarryZilber (talk) 22:23, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps if it hadn't been for Aribert Heim and his ilk, Israel as we know--and which many dislike--it might not have existed:WWII caused a massive refugee problem; many of those refugees were Jewish and Palestine was, at that historical moment, their only refuge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Opusv5 (talk • contribs) 14:14, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Narcoses(?)
Can someone tell me what is meant by "Narcoses" in the last paragraph? Could this be a typo? Simon

I suspect it's supposed to be "narcotics", although "anesthetics" would be a better word. --JdwNYC 21:10, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Anyone have a better picture?
I did a google image search and couldn't find a picture better than this one. A slightly higher quality image, preferably in his SS uniform would be great, relatively speaking.

--Irongaard 02:05, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/utenriks/5145344.html This article references this one.

"...Aribert Heim had been helped by henchmen of Otto Skorzeny,..." kinda POV


 * Why not change the word hencemen to associates? --Anthonysenn 03:11, 1 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I made the change. I hope it's good enough. --Anthonysenn 03:14, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

The inserted picture is totally wrong and must be removed!! It shows Frederik Jensen. --User:Damian1111  21:00, 30 January 2010 (GMT)

Arrest warrant
"there is still a worldwide arrest warrant". No such thing exists. Does this refer to an Interpol Red Notice?


 * According to the Wikipedia article on Simon Wiesenthal, "Only weeks after Wiesenthal died, Heim was discovered in Spain." No source is referenced.78.147.148.226 (talk) 10:09, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Without Anesthetic?
Could someone please post a reference that Heim operated without anesthesia? I have looked over the web and cannot find any documentation or records on this. (also note on the German wikipedia version of Heim it does not mention that he operated without anesthesia) Could someone please ref this properly? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.159.0.92 (talk) 16:56, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

New Information
Shouldn't this page be edited in light of new events?

Please see:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/world/africa/05nazi.html?_r=1&hp —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jameswberk (talk • contribs) 19:46, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * For sure. It's gonna be fun to see how people edit it up. At the moment, I'm too lazy.Sjmcfarland (talk) 20:12, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * ZDF are claiming it as their scoop I think. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7870923.stm Zetetic Apparatchik (talk) 01:51, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * This seems to contradict much of the previous information, so writing this article will be tricky in the meantime until stuff gets sorted out. For example, our article based on previous information said he ran a clinic in Uruguay from 1979 to 1983, but the new information appears to claim that he was in Egypt for that entire time. --Delirium (talk) 03:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't see any reason to delete the previous info. It just needs to be put in proper context. Joshdboz (talk) 05:48, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Timeline
He arrived in KZ Mauthausen in October 1941, went to an SS field hospital in Vienna, and by February 1942 he was in Finland. How much time did he spend in the camp and what were his activities?

The assertion that human fat was rendered into soap in the camps, which was later accepted to be a myth, distracts from the real events of this period. Is there any credible evidence that Aribert Heim had a lampshade made from human skin as is so often claimed? 

Dean Armond (talk) 03:01, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

How was his death discovered?
Neither the New York Times nor this article really clarify how his death and escape to Cairo was actually discovered. --Onlyemarie (talk) 03:41, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The Times states that they found some briefcase in Cario with his personal papers, and interviewed neighbors (as well as his son). As for confirming his death, they have an Egyptian death certificate and his son's word.  Is that enough?  I dunno. A guy from the Simon WIesnenthal Center expressed suspicion about the son in an AP article. Joshdboz (talk) 05:47, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * As there are competing claims externally and in this Wiki article, regarding Heim's death, I am about to remove the claim about his death from the first section, and create a separate section called 'Supposed Death' which offers the different accounts of his death, with references. Nsa1001 (talk) 06:07, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree with Nsa1001 here, theres not enough evidence to be 100% that in fact did die in 1992. I say change it to "Presumed Death" or "Alleged Death" Lilduff90 (talk) 09:53, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

This site http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,488005,00.html talks about life and death of this eugenicist and nazist.He became a moslem.Agre22 (talk) 13:53, 5 February 2009 (UTC)agre22

German state TV channel ZDF aired tonight a 45 minutes long documentary http://dokumentation.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/16/0,1872,7512560,00.html?dr=1 showing the NYT and ZDF joined investigations on Heim's death (two journalists are filmed, a man and a woman). They talked and showed a lot of people claiming they knew him. These people state he has been buried in a mass cemetery. The doctor who administered him chemio for his cancer, his son (who released his first interview ever on the matter) and a couple of egyptian people who knew him, all said he died in 1992 in Cairo. An official death certificate issued by the Egypt authorities has also been shown on TV. The jurnalist states at the end of the documentary that he believes he really died in 1992. The German Prosecutor in charge stated in the documentary he are to conduct further investigations to find some rests and to carry a DNA test in order to check it is really him.
 * As I understand the DNA was still not confirmed. The reporter in that documentary and the court declared Dr. Heim dead based on several testimonies and documents only. Considering that Dr. Heim's fooled everyone about his true identity for most of his life, it should be taken into account that the testimonies as well as the documents have been attained by bribing and/or misleading witnesses and officials. Therefore it's some of the parties who are/were involved in the search for Dr. Death are not likely to agree with the court's conclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.179.101.148 (talk) 21:28, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Category:1992 deaths
I really don't feel strongly about this, but I wanted to point out that if the position of this article is that it is only an allegation that he died in 1992 (which seems a position consistent with what is known at this point), then the [Category:1992 deaths] tag should really be removed from the article, as that tag is only to be applied to confirmed deaths in that year.

Considering, as an example, the controversy around removing [Category:Living people] from the Natalee Holloway article years after no one had confirmation she was alive (i.e., lots of editors are very conservative when it comes to confirming deaths), I'd think we should take out the 1992 deaths category link from this article. I'd do it, but it seems somehow connected automatically to death data in the article. I don't see how to remove it as a separate tag.

Like I said, I'm not interested in fighting about it. Just pointing it out. Moncrief (talk) 22:05, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

muslim
Is his sons statement considered to be factual? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crashtango (talk • contribs) 06:47, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Release by U.S. forces
According to a documentary I saw last night on TVOntario, Heim was released by U.S. authorities after WWII, even though he was an identifiable member of the SS. It was opined that perhaps, like some author important Nazis, his being anti-communist was of value to his captors, and he was thus rewarded with a release —Preceding unsigned comment added by Opusv5 (talk • contribs) 14:00, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Photos available?
I noticed that photos of Heim have been removed from Wikipedia a number of times, and that there are several different ones viewable on Google, including the group of three photos on his 'wanted' poster, as seen here. What's occurred to cause the deletion of the Wikipedia photos? If the N.Y. Times has printed photos of Heim, then it stands to reason that those photos were either not under copyright, or were meant for public use. HarryZilber (talk) 02:26, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

English version
Baz's book has also appeared in an English version. It claims that a dozen Nazis were killed by the "Owl" group. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.177.254.83 (talk) 09:04, 19 May 2010 (UTC) There are few or no checkable claims in the two versions of Baz. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.177.254.83 (talk) 10:30, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Wrong photo
As already mentioned several times above the photo is wrong. It is not a photo of Aribert Heim but shows the Danish SS-officer Sören Kam who is still alive and on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of the ten most wanted Nazi-criminals. I have removed the photo. Bassedan (talk) 20:08, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a link to his entry on the SWC's website, or to some other source that supports what you are saying?--ukexpat (talk) 20:37, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Both Aribert Heim and Søren Kam are on the SWC list but without photos, so a reference to that list would not solve the problem. The photo, however, is well known in Denmark where Søren Kam still is a much disputed person - especially these days where yet another book about the Søren Kam-affaire just has been published. The photo shows him on the occasion of being awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. It is part of a bigger photo showing that he also had been given the close combat clasp and the infantry assault badge - see here http://ditt.almanet.dk/waffenssalbum.1.html. This alone tells us that the photo cannot depict Aribert Heim who never got any of these decorations.Here is another site with two photos from the same occasion, among them one of Søren Kam sitting together with his father and the German Police- and SS-General Günther Pancke who handed over the Knights Cross. http://www.smartcms.dk/user/haaest/vis.php?side=sider2/udyr16-Ridderkorset.htm. To conclude: I am 100% sure that the photo shows Søren Kam and not Aribert Heim. The mistake should be corrected on Commons too before it spreads even more, but I don't think that I am empowered to do that. Bassedan (talk) 09:02, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
 * OK I'm convinced. I will request that the Commons file be renamed.--ukexpat (talk) 13:02, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

The correct photo
There are two photos at London Evening side by side, one of Aribert Heim (left), and Soeren Kam (right), or at the bottom of my screen I believe. The image of Heim can be downloaded to Wikipedia under fair-use for this one biography without a problem. Poeticbent talk  06:54, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅. Poeticbent talk 16:33, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Mathausen
Re: "The man was decapitated and Heim boiled the flesh off the skull for use as a paperweight and display.[9][10][11][12]"

All of these "references" are websites from 2009 and later! I mean really, The Telegraph, in recent years, as "evidence" for such preposterous and exaggerated claims? This is simply not credible in this article. Is there no real evidence?

I do not believe it. Starhistory22 (talk) 06:18, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Main photo
Finding a picture of Aribert Heim that is of better quality appears to have been a topic of conversation over the years. I believe that while doing research for an English class, I have found a photo that would work well for the article’s main photo. The photo is of Aribert Heim riding a horse while wearing his SS uniform. I have included a link to the online article that this picture is displayed on. http://www.vice.com/read/the-eternal-nazi-aribert-heim One thing I have not been able to figure out is how to find out if this photo is copyrighted, or who owns the copyright to this photo. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can find out who owns the copyright of this article? I recently sent an email to the legal department at Vice Media who published the article with the photo of Aribert, but I have not received a response to date. Does anyone else think this would be a good article picture to use as the main photo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vossae (talk • contribs) 23:14, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

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