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Nazi Camp Commander Goes on Trial; Killed Jews with Own Hands

Stefan Rojko,former commander of the Theresein-stadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, went on trial here today on charges of having murdered “with his own hands” 82 Jews and other inmates and of having participated along with two former SS officers, in the murder of another 102 inmates. He is also accused of having ordered various inmates […]

September 10, 1963
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Stefan Rojko,former commander of the Theresein-stadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, went on trial here today on charges of having murdered “with his own hands” 82 Jews and other inmates and of having participated along with two former SS officers, in the murder of another 102 inmates.

He is also accused of having ordered various inmates to murder another 10 Jews. Twelve witnesses are scheduled to testify at the trial which is expected to last three weeks.

At the site of the notorious concentration camp, meanwhile, Jews from all parts of Czechoslovakia took part today in the traditional pilgrimage to Theresienstadt where a special section of the general monument to victims of Nazi atrocities is dedicated to the Jews who perished at the camp. Representatives of the Council of Jewish Communities in Czechoslovakia and from individual Jewish communities in Bohemia and Moravia, placed wreaths on the memorid.

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