"Some people said when Priebke was arrested that because of his age - these crimes were committed in the 1930s and 1940s - he was the last Nazi, " Ramos said.

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Edelman is thought to have been the last surviving commander of the uprising, in which Jews fought Nazi efforts to send them to concentration camps.

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While the role of the Home Guard during World War II has been widely celebrated, very little is known of their counterparts in the Auxiliary Units, who would have been Britain's last line of defence in the event of a Nazi invasion.

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