Rudolf Hoess, former commander of the Oswiecim concentration camp, who was recently captured in Schleswig Holstein, in the British zone of Germany, is now held in the prison of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, it is reported here. Hoess is wanted as a witness both by the United States prosecution and by counsel for Ernest Kaltennrumer, former 83 chief.
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