A West German request for the extradition of Dr. Gerhard Bohne, one of Hitler’s specialists in euthanasia killings, was honored today by the Argentine Government, though there is no extradition treaty between the two countries. President Arturo Illia personally signed a decree ordering deportation of the 61-year-old former Nazi physician to Germany.
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