The Central Council of Jews in Germany has filed a complaint against Dr. Karl Clauberg, former major general in the S.S., who headed a “medical experimental center” at the Auschwitz extermination camp. Clauberg was released from imprisonment by the Russians earlier this month and returned to West Germany to receive the hero’s welcome given by the government and population to, returned prisoners, a $1,500 grant and many other benefits such as a free vacation with his family.
The Council’s complaint charges Clauberg with deliberately and continuously inflicting serious bodily harm. As a result of the Council’s action, the public prosecutor must open an investigation.
Clauberg, on his return to Germany, gave an interview to the press in which he proudly reported on sterilization experiments he had conducted on Jewish women at the Auschwitz center. The Jewish group called today upon surviving victims of his experiments to be available as witnesses for the prosecution.
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