Arnsberg

A native of Arnsberg, Germany, Dohle had worked in Bertelsmann’s printing and services division before succeeding Peter Olson as Random House CEO in 2008, a time when the company’s sales were dropping.

The finds were uncovered at three sites in the Arnsberg forest, where members of the Waffen-SS and German army massacred 208 Polish and Russian forced laborers in March 1945, just before the end of World War II.

The dpa news agency reported Tuesday the Arnsberg state court said 61-year-old Dieter Degowski would be granted parole after serving nearly 30 years of a life sentence for murder, kidnapping and other charges.

But first-instance rulings by the regional courts of Arnsberg and Bayreuth published in May which upheld plaintiffs' calls for compensation have now become legally binding after VW decided to waive an appeal, the plaintiffs' lawyers at Duesseldorf-based law firm Rogert & Ulbrich said by email.

The law firm said VW decided not to appeal three compensation court cases including a verdict published in April by a regional court in Wuppertal, whereas VW said its course of action only affected the two cases at Arnsberg and Bayreuth.