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Two Former Nazi Officers Sentenced for Mass-murders in Poland

June 30, 1965
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Two former SS officers were sentenced here to prison terms for participation in multiple murders of Poles and Jews at Zakopane in occupied Poland. Former SS Major Robert Weissman, 57, former Gestapo chief in Zakopane, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment at hard labor for aiding in the murder of III victims. Former SS Lieutenant Arno Sehmisch, 59, received a four-and-a-half year sentence.

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