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War Crimes Commission Concludes Operations; 900 Nazis Sentenced to Death

April 22, 1948
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At out 900 European war criminals, of a total ## 3,470 brought to trial since the war’s end, have “been sentenced to death, it was reported here today at the winding up of the operations of the Allied War Crimes commission.

The Commission has completed listing the names of 40,000 persons charged with war crimes, both in Europe and the Far East. The of its major achievements, from the long-range view, have been the acceptance of the principle that the launching ## a war of aggression is a criminal act for which individuals can be held accounted, and that the acceptance of “superior orders” by individuals does not excuse ##m from crimes responsibility.

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