List Kich to Be Indicted by German Authorities Today on 180 Killing Charges

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May 26, 1950

MUNICH (May. 25)

Ilse Koch, notorious official of the Buchenwald concentration camp, will be indicted by German officials tomorrow on a total of 180 charges of attempted murder and attempted manslaughter, Bavarian prosecutor Hans ilkow announced today. Two hundred witnesses will testify against Frau Koch.

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