Wilhelm May, a German soldier who was not involved in the second part of the massacre, later testified as a witness to the events that women and children were brutally murdered. Aftermath Capture and escape Lehnigk-Emden and members of his company were captured by American forces on 4 November 1943 and immediately questioned about the massacre by German-born journalist Hans Habe. At an interview in a prisoner-of-war camp in Aversa, Italy, Lehnigk-Emden confessed to having participated in the first part of the massacre, but denied his involvement in the second part. In 1944, while a prisoner of war in a special camp for war criminals in Algeria, Lehnigk-Emden showed no remorse for his actions but instead told another German POW that, had he known he was going to be jailed for his actions, he would have killed more. He attempted escape but was wounded and, eventually, taken to Europe on a British hospital ship. He was accidentally discharged in Göttingen. Post-war life In post-war Germany, Lehnigk-Emden worked as an architect and lived, from 1950, in Ochtendung, near Koblenz. He was considered a good citizen and active in the local carnival club. He joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He and his family took holidays in northern Italy but he never mentioned the events of Caiazzo. After the court cases, Lehnigk-Emden continued to live in Ochtendung, where his grandchildren were active in events organised with the twinning of Caiazzo and Ochtendung. Search At the time of his discharge from captivity, Allied authorities were already trying to track down Lehnigk-Emden, as he was meant to appear at an inquiry into the massacre. However, they were searching for the wrong name, Wolfgang Lemick. The error was made by a US Army clerk. In 1969, Simon Wiesenthal made an attempt to find Lehnigk-Emden, seeking information from the relevant German authorities in Ludwigsburg. He was unsuccessful as he had been given an incorrect name, searching for Lemick Emden. The state prosecutor in Munich also investigated the matter but, like Wiesenthal, searched under the wrong name. In 1988, Giuseppe Agnone, a resident of Caiazzo who had emigrated to the United States, searched the relevant documents, now declassified, in the United States National Archives and was successful in identifying Lehnigk-Emden's correct name. He forwarded this information to Interpol. Shortly before his 70th birthday, on 15 October 1992, Lehnigk-Emden was arrested at his home by the German