Former SS captain Wilhelm Hoettl who has been mentioned as a possible witness in the trial of Adolf Eichmann, said today he was willing to appear as a witness in the Jerusalem trial if he was guaranteed safe conduct. Hoettl, now a school director in Bad Aussee, also said he was willing to appear before an Austrian court “to tell the truth about Eichmann.”
The Austrian Socialist newspaper, Arbeiterzeitung, meanwhile charged editorially that the school of which Hoettl was director was a Nazi nest. The newspaper protested against a former high Gestapo official in that position and said that the Austrian security and education offices should maintain control on Hoettl’s activities.
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