German prosecutors charged an 82-year-old former SS officer with killing seven Jewish prisoners in 1945. Julius Viel, a retired journalist arrested last October, is accused of shooting the prisoners as they dug anti-tank trenches near the Czech town of Leitmeritz. The prisoners were inmates at Theresienstadt.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
