Documents found in the archives in Ludwigsburg indicate that in 1968, six
former SS officers and police were tried in a German court for participating
in the massacre at Jedwabne. A Berlin TV correspondent located the documents.
Contradictory statements from witnesses place the number of victims from 500
to 1000; some blame the Germans, some the Poles.
"Donosy" a daily Internet news digest from Poland, today posted this
item:
In the archives in Ludwigsburg were found documents concerning the
crime in Jedwabne. These documents indicate that in Feb. 1968, 6 former
members of the SS and the police were indicted for this crime before a
German court. There are also depositions of witnesses from Jedwabne, who
were interrogated by the Commission for Prosecuting Nazi Crimes in
Poland. The archives were discovered by the Berlin correspondent of the
Polsat news network.
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