The trial against 10 former Nazis charged with killing the Jews of Tarnopol, Galicia, during the Nazi occupation of that city was resumed today here. The jury will hear several witnesses from abroad.
Meanwhile it was reported from Kassel that former Gestapo officer Rudolf Wiesner, a leading Nazi sought for questioning in connection with his wartime activities in Nazi-occupied Poland, was arrested last week in Kassel. Until his arrest, Wiesner had been living for the past 20 years under the assumed name of Rudolf Wendtorf in a small town near Kassel. After he vanished in 1945, he was declared dead, and his “widow” began drawing a weekly pension in Bavaria. His wife was arrested with him last week, the report said.
Pending investigation into his past, police are charging Wiesner with falsifying records and identity papers. His wife faces similar charges and has been told she must repay some $30, 000 drawn by her as a war widow. In commenting on the arrest today, a spokesman for the Kassel police said that the fact that Wiesner had been living for 20 years under another name in a town where many knew his real identity, “makes you wonder how many other Nazis may be hiding like this.”
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