Arrest Nazi Who Played Leading Part in 1938 Pogroms Following Vom Rate Killing

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January 28, 1947

LONDON (Jan. 26)

Erwin Kilkmeyer, a Nazi leader who played a leading part in the pogroms of 1938 which followed the assassination of Nazi diplomat Ernst von Rath in Paris, has been captured near Heilbronn, in the province of Wuertemberg, it was reported here yesterday.

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