Wiesenthal Center Seeks Survivors from Stutthof Concentration Camp and First-Degree Relatives of Victims of the Camp

Jerusalem – The Simon Wiesenthal Center today issued a call for survivors of the Stutthof concentration camp near Gdansk (Poland), as well as first-degree relatives (child or sibling) of victims of the camp, to consider serving as co-plaintiffs in trials of Stutthof guards which will hopefully be conducted in Germany in the coming year.

The trial is a result of a change in German prosecution policy, whereby any person who served in a concentration camp with the apparatus for industrialized murder (gas chambers or gas vans) can be convicted for accessory to murder based on service alone, which was not the case until about a decade ago. To date three individuals who served in death camps (Ivan Demjanjuk at Sobibor; Oskar Groening and Reinhold Hanning at Auschwitz) have been thus convicted.

According to Dr. Efraim Zuroff, the Center’s chief Nazi-hunter:

“At this late date, every trial is extremely important, and the role of co-plaintiffs is of unique significance. We urge all survivors of Stutthof, as well as first-degree relatives of those murdered in the camp,to contact our Jerusalem office (tel. 02.563.1274 / e-mail: [email protected]) to help make the case of the prosecution as effective and convincing as possible.”

For additional information please contact the Israel Office of the Wiesenthal Center:

Tel: +972-2-563-1274 or Tel: +972-50-721-4156
www.wiesenthal.com
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