A former SS officer who went on trial in Germany is accused of gunning down seven Jews at a concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Julius Viel, 82, became a respected journalist in postwar Germany and was awarded a government medal for his writings on hiking.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
