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Nazi Commander of Notorious Oswiecim Camp Captured in Austria; Will Be Tried

August 8, 1945
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Ernst Grabner, commander of the notorious Nazi extermination camp of Oswiecim, Poland, was captured in Austria, it was announced here today. He will be put on trial as a war criminal charged with the mass-execution of Jews and others in the gas chambers of the Oswiecim camp.

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