Former German Nazi SS officer Erich Priebke waves to the members of the media as he boards a plane to be extradited to Italy to face a war crimes trial, in Bariloche, southern Argentina in this November 20, 1995 file photo. REUTERS/ Enrique Marcarian/Files
ROME (Reuters) - Erich Priebke, the last survivor of the Nazi military officers convicted over one of Italy's worst wartime atrocities, died on Friday in Rome at the age of 100, his lawyer said.
Priebke, who never apologised for his role in the killing of 335 civilians in 1944, was serving out a life sentence under house arrest.
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