The West German prosecution office has asked the Israeli-police to help secure evidence from Israeli Jews against Heinz Beckerle, former Nazi Minister to Bulgaria, who was arrested in West Germany recently on charges of having caused the death of 11,500 Jews in Thrace and Macedonia. Those parts of Greece had been annexed to Bulgaria during World War II.
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