SHOCKING DISCLOSURES AT LEIPZIG TRIALS
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Rec July 12, morning Leipzig, July U General Von Shack and Yon Kruska, charged with causing the deaths of French prisoners in 1915, at Neidemvchron, have been acquitted. The French witnesses have been withdrawn. 4
An Alsatian interpreter testifi ed that precautions were not taken to prevent the spread of spotted typhus, introduced by verminous Russians.
Vun Shack proved that be was not responsible. Von Ivuska pleaded il was then not known that vermin carried disease- . He was ordered to mix prisoners loth? purpose of local labour. He, personally, was 110-t The doctors treated the victims for bronchitis. Several attendants on the doctors p.rsonnel dit cl of the same disease. Rcc July 12, 925 a.m London, July 12 Mr A- Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) in the House of Commons, said France’s action in withdrawing from the Leipzig trials was' taken withcut consulting Britain.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume 49, Issue 7743, 12 July 1921, Page 3
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