The Public Workers Union disclosed today that 11 police officials in North-Rhine Westphalia have been suspended this year, following filing of charges of Nazi crimes against them by the union. Six of the officials had occupied leading positions in the state police. Criminal proceedings have been started against several of the men on charges of participation in the execution of men, women and children during World War II.
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