Chile’s Supreme Court will resume its hearing, tomorrow, of an appeal by Walter Rauff, a former colonel in the Hitler SS, who is fighting extradition to Germany, where he is scheduled to stand trial on charges that he murdered 97,000 Jews during World War II.
Eduardo Novoa, attorney for the German Embassy, in demanding Rauff’s extradition, supported his request with documents proving that Rauff had reported directly to Reinhardt Heydrich, chief of the Nazi Security Police, about the gassing of 97,000 persons in six months in 1941.
Rauff was arrested near here last December at the request of West Germany. He has denied the charges. The presiding judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Rafael Fontecilla, has already granted Bonn’s extradition request, but an appeal was carried to the entire High Tribunal. After tomorrow’s session, the Supreme Court will take the case under advisement, and a verdict is expected to be announced in about two weeks.
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