13. Getting Off Light
By the time WWII ended, Stella Kubler had been responsible for the arrest, deportation, and subsequent murder of hundreds of Jews. She was a cold-blooded killer. Estimates of the total number of her victims ranged from a low of 600, to possibly as high as 3000. Their numbers included many of her personal friends, former schoolmates and their families, and even some of her own relatives.
Nonetheless, Stella got off light. Captured by the Soviets, she was tried and got a ten-year sentence. After her release, she moved to West Berlin, where she was tried by the West German authorities, and sentenced to ten years. However, she did not serve any time of that sentence. She then converted to Christianity, and became a lifelong anti-Semite. In 1994, Stella Kubler committed suicide by jumping out the window of her Berlin apartment.