Two representatives of the West German Government arrived here last night to negotiate an extradition treaty with the new Ghana Government, to make possible the extradition of a Nazi who took refuge in Ghana for several years.
The Nazi is Dr. Horst Schumann, who is wanted in Bonn for mass murder as a physician at the Auschwitz death camp. The Nkrumah regime refused to accept West German requests for the extradition of Dr. Schumann, who came to Ghana in the late 1950’s as a medical officer in the Health Ministry here. He is now under protective custody. The extradition treaty signing is expected in a few days.
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