Albert Rapp, an aide of Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler, has been arrested in Essen, the prosecutor’s office announced last night. The 51-year-old ex-Nazi was accused of the murder of 1, 500-gypsies and Jewish women in 1942. He was trapped by Essen police with the aid of a 25-year-old photograph.
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