Erich Rajakovic, an Austrian war criminal and former SS leader, has filed suit in Munich to compel the deletion of certain passages from Simon Wiesenthal’s book, “The Murderers Are Among Us,” which deals with notorious Nazis who went unpunished after World War II. Wiesenthal’s book discloses that despite his war criminal background, Rajakovic served as representative of Soviet, East German, Polish, Hungarian and Czechoslovakian business firms in Italy ten years ago.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
