General Jurgen von Stroop, liquidator of the Warsaw Ghetto, will stand trial for his crimes this autumn, it was announced here today. The American war crimes prosecutor in Nuremberg has turned over to the Polish Government a complete dossier on von Stroop, including reports which he submitted to the Gorman high command on the various phases of the destruction of the ghetto.
The highest judicial body in Poland will try von Stroop in Warsaw. Gen. L. Geibel and S. Sporrenberg, Nazi police and Gestapo officials, respectively, also charged with active participation in the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, will be tried together with von Stroop.
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