Both a witness and a defendant in the trial of guards of the Treblinka death camp further implicated Kurt Franz, camp deputy commander, in testimony today.
Henryk Poslowski, 55, now of Rio de Janeiro, testified that Frank, who has steadfastly denied whipping or killing any inmates, shot and killed a child torn from its Jewish mother by another SS guard and thrown into the air for target practice.
The witness, who fled after a Treblinka 1943 uprising, also testified that he had been whipped by Franz and that Franz ordered his dog to attack inmates who were then killed by another guard, August Miete. Miete then testified that he had shot inmates on orders from Franz.
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