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German Prosecutor Retired; Backed Nazi Who Killed Jews in Russia

May 8, 1959
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Dr. Otto Schweinsberger, one of the chief prosecutors at Frankfurt, was officially retired today, after being under suspension since December on charges arising out of war-time Nazi atrocities against Jews.

Last winter, charges were made that Dr. Schweinsberger had refused to prosecute a German soldier accused of shooting 75 Jews in the Soviet Union. Proof of the charge against the soldier had been obtained from East Germany.

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