A court in the Czechoslovak town of Kaschau has sentenced to death Ladislaus Darabos and Julius Koerroseey, former members of the Hungarian Arrow Guard, for atrocities against the Jews during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, according to reports received here today.
Three other former Arrow Guard members received life sentences, according to the report. The five men were charged with having murdered 500 persons and having sent 1,200 to concentration camps.
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