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Two Nazi Guards of Mauthausen Camp to Face Trial; Killed 175 Jews

April 1, 1959
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A trial against two Nazi guards, Karl Chmielewsky and Walter Junge, charged with the murder of 175 Jews at the notorious Mauthausen camp, will be started in the summer, it was announced here today by the Office of Prosecution. Letters involving the two have been received from former camp inmates now residing in the United States and Israel, the announcement said.

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