Article: THE NET TIGHTENS ON DR DEATH; As one of Hitler's most brutal henchmen he murdered thousands. But while fellow war criminals faced the gallows, Aribert Heim vanished. Now, incredibly, over 40 years later Spanish police think they know where he is. So could this monster finally face justice?

Byline: PAUL BRACCHI

ARIBERT Heim has two distinguishing features. One is his height (even with a stoop he stands over 6ft 3in); the other is a scar, from ear to mouth, on his right cheek.

True, it has become a little faded over the years, but it is still there, still clearly visible - up close - and at the age of 91, still gives him an air of menace.

For many, and no one knows for sure just how many, Heim's scar, and his stopwatch, were the last things they saw and heard on the 'operating tables' of Nazi concentration camps.

'Dr' Heim - or, to be more accurate, SS medical officer Heim (he was not a qualified doctor) - performed ...

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