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The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials

Hear from one of the German prosecution lawyers who helped put Nazi war criminals on trial 20 years after World War Two had ended.

Hear from one of the German prosecution lawyers who helped put Nazi war criminals on trial 20 years after World War Two had ended. Gerhard Wiese has been speaking to Lucy Burns about the trial, and about visiting the Auschwitz death camp with other members of the court.

Photo: Members of the Frankfurt court and several journalists pass through the Auschwitz camp gate with the words "Arbeit macht frei" (work brings freedom) above them. December 14,1964. Credit: Press Association.

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Mon 21 Aug 2017 07:50GMT
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