A few notes on Der Fall Collini.

1. A slightly similar and later case was that of Friedrich Engel, who was 95 when treated leniently because of his age but would have been found guilty of murder of 59 Italian partisans under the law in 2004.

2. There are useful links and further points in online reviews too.
Rachel Ward mentioned the blog Mrs Peabody Investigates, by Katharina Hall, which was new to me and very interesting. Useful further links there too. I have the book Crime Fiction in German, which she edited and much of which she wrote. She also translated Schirach’s Strafe.