14. Luck Spared Derek Niemann’s Grandfather From Accountability
After the war, Karl Niemann was arrested and charged with crimes against humanity, but he caught a lucky break when the evidence against him was misplaced. In a bureaucratic screwup, the incriminating evidence was sent to the Nuremberg Tribunal to use against a bigger criminal fish, Niemann’s boss, who was convicted and executed. However, the evidence was not returned from the Nuremberg Tribunal to the investigators looking into Karl Niemann’s actions, and he was eventually freed for lack of evidence.