West German police are cracking down on the distributors of a parlour game, the objective of which is to get pawns representing Jews into squares representing Nazi death camps. Police in Zweibruecken in the Saar are investigating two rightwing extremists who allegedly produced the game. The State Prosecutor is expected to charge them with incitement to public disorder and displaying Nazi symbols.
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