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British Military Court in Austria Condemns Nazi Camp Guard Who Murdered Seven Jews

October 16, 1947
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A British military court today sentenced to death ##laus Been, an Austrian guard at the Schmiedhuette Camp, who was convicted of having shot to death seven Jewish prisoners at the camp during March, 1947.

It was revealed here that the authorities have located a mass grave in ##ia, Austrian province adjoining the Hungarian border, containing the bodies of Hungarian Jews. Most of the corpses show evidence of having been shot through ## head.

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