Editing Erich Priebke (section)

==Capture==
Following the collapse of the Nazis rule in Italy, Kappler and Priebke were arrested by the Allied forces in 1944. However, Priebke escaped from prison in 1946 and with the help of corrupt officials in the Vatican he escaped Europe with his family and other SS members and Holocaust perpetrators to Argentina.

In 1994, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Donaldson ABC news reporter Sam Donaldson] located Priebke and interviewed him. Priebke admitted to the massacre; but insisted that the people executed where terrorist, he denied the execution of teenagers in the cave, denied ever deporting Jews to the death camps, and denied personally shooting anyone in the caves. During the interview, Priebke insisted that he was only following orders and didn't much sorrow for his actions.

Following the interview, Argentina deported Priebke to Italy to face trial for his role in the massacre.

In 1996, the Italian court sentenced Priebke to spend the rest of his life in prison.