Seven justices of the Chilean Supreme Court will begin hearing, Friday, the appeal of Walter Rauff, a former Nazi SS leader fighting extradition to West Germany, where he has been accused of murdering 90,000 Jews during World War Two. He was arrested at Punta Arenas, last December, on the request of the officials at Bonn.
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