Three officials of the Nazi security police in occupied Holland were charged yesterday with aiding in the wartime murder of thousands of Dutch Jews. Arrested last January 12, the three former Nazis are now in Munich jail. No date was set for the trial.
Wilhelm Parster, 61, chief of the security police, was accused of the murder of 82, 856 victims. Wilhelm Zeepf, 58, an adviser to Harster on Jewish affairs, was charged in 56,382 cases of murder. Gertrud Slottke, 63, another aide, was accused in 54, 982 murders.
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