A closed hearing was held at the West German Consulate here yesterday to secure testimony from a survivor of the Nazi concentration camp at Treblinka. Sigmund Strawozynsky was the only witness heard by a commission of inquiry set up in the trial of 10 former Treblika officers and guards. The trial is taking place in Dusseldorf, West Germany.
Mr. Strawczynsky, a Polish Jew, is a former prisoner in the Treblinka camp where an estimated 700,000 Jews were massacred during the Second World War. The visiting commission includes Dr. Hubert Bach, chairman of the Dusseldorf tribunal: Hans Gnichwitz, an attorney, and seven defense lawyers representing the accused. A representative of the West German Government is accompanying the commission.
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