Information supplied by the Israeli police has led to the arrest in Ludwigsburg, West Germany, of a former Gestapo officer responsible for the killing of 100, 000 Jews in Stanislavov, Poland, during the Second World War, it was reported here today.
The prisoner, Walter Hagemann, who was in charge of the Stanislavov Ghetto, has denied the charges. Israeli police are seeking further evidence of Hagemann’s guilt. Two other former Gestapo officers, Hans Krueger and Heinrich Schott, were also detained recently on the same charges.
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