The prosecution in the third trial of Auschwitz death camp personnel demanded today life imprisonment for the second kapo (overseer) charged with the murder of inmates. The overseers on trial are Bernhard Bonitz and Josef Windeck. In asking previously for a life term for Bonitz, the prosecution contended that Bonitz had been proved guilty in the murder of one inmate. He had been charged with the killing of 72 inmates. The court held that evidence against Bonitz in the other 71 cases was insufficient to prove him guilty.
In another development, police in Geilenkirchen reported today that unknown vandals desecrated the village’s Jewish cemetery, overturning six gravestones and smearing swastikas on others. Village officials sent letters to Jewish communities in Aachen and Dusseldorf, apologizing for the incident.
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