Six women guards at the notorious Ravensbruck camp for women were found guilty today by a Prague court of having tortured and beat to death Jewish and anti-Nazi women under their supervision. Sophie Nietsche was sentenced to death, while five others received varying terms, ranging from 20 years to life imprisonment.
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