Ernst Kaltenbrunner, head of the German security police, under whose direction millions of Jews were killed, has lined up six witnesses to testify at the war crimes trial here that he was helpful towards Jews, it was learned today. One of than is Prof, Karl Burckhardt, former president of the International Red Cross and one-time League of Nation’s High Commissioner for Denzig.
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