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pursuit, prosecution, and punishment of the Latvian war criminal Viktors Arajs
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The pursuit, prosecution, and punishment of the Latvian war criminal Viktors Arajs
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Call numberS940.5318/002
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]04187cz
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Jerusalem
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Yad Vashem
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2012
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]pp81-106
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 40 Part 2, 2012 p81-106
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Reveals the story of the pursuit, prosecution, and punishment in West Germany of the Latvian war criminal Viktors Arajs whose kommando was involved in the murder of tens of thousands of Jews in Latvia and Belarus. He escaped justice for decades, although the German investigators knew of his murderous activities. He was arrested in 1975 and convicted in 1979