How high-ranking Nazi figure Wilhelm Koppe escaped justice | Europe| News and current affairs from around the continent | DW
How high-ranking Nazi figure Wilhelm Koppe escaped justice Wilhelm Koppe, who headed the SS and police in Nazi-occupied Poland, lies buried near the German city of Bonn. His grave is often marked by a sign telling of his crimes — and his escape from justice. 'Never convicted!!!': One of the signs placed at Wilhelm Koppe's gravesite Again and again, signs saying "Never convicted!!!" have been placed at the grave of Wilhelm Koppe in the Rüngsdorf cemetery, near Bonn. The signs reveal his past as a high-ranking Nazi leader in occupied Poland — and the fact that he was never held accounta...