Five Polish war criminals were sentenced to 15 years at hard labor by a court in Lwow for collaborating with the Germans in the extermination of Jews and Poles in that city during World War II, it was reported here today. According to reports, Soviet authorities are searching for a man identified as W. Woczoko who headed the Gestapo in Jonava, near Kaunas, Lithuania, and directed the murder of local Jews during the war.
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