Lithuanian officials announced they are pressing charges against a man alleged to have participated in the murder of Jews during World War II. Kazys Gimzauskas, 89, is suspected of giving orders to arrest, interrogate, imprison and execute Jews between 1941 and 1944, when he was deputy head of the Nazi- sponsored Lithuanian security police. Gimzauskas served under Aleksandras Lileikis, 90, who is slated to go on trial this week on similar charges.
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