ESPIONAGE AND HIGH TREASON
POLISH OFFICER SENTENCED IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE FOR GERMAN ACCOMPLICES (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Oopyrignt) BERLIN, 16th February. The People’s Court sentenced to death for espionage and high treason Baron (sosnowski, a Polish officer. Three women, Frau Von Berg, Frauk'ine Von Natzmer, and Von Jena were sentenced to life imprisonment. The parties were arrested in April 1964 and the trial began a week ago. Fraulcine Natzmer and Jena were employed at the War Office and allegedly supplied Baron Sosnowski with copies of documents relating to the expansion of the German army. The women’s extravagance in dress aroused suspicions. It is understood Baron Sosnowski and Frau Von Berg were married during the long imprisonment, the latter having obtained a divorce. As a result, Sosnowski refused an offer of repatriation to Poland as an exchange prisoner.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 18 February 1935, Page 5
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138ESPIONAGE AND HIGH TREASON Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 18 February 1935, Page 5
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