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Nazi Arch-criminal. Sought by Germany, Reported Traced by Argentina

June 27, 1960
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Argentina has arrested Dr. Joseph Mengele, a German physician who is considered an arch-war-criminal,responsible for hundreds of thousands of Jewish deaths at the infamous Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps, according to unconfirmed reports from Buenos Aires received here today.

Reports that Dr. Mengele was living in Argentina were circulated a year ago. The West German Government applied to Argentine authorities for his extradition, and that application is pending in Argentina’s Supreme Court. Meanwhile, disappeared again.

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