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LONDON D*o 23 — UP - Tilt Moscow radio said Saturday an extraordinary Soviet commission hadestablished that nearly 700.000 persons. including an unde-errmned number of Americana and British from German prison '■amp*, were tortured and *lain in the Nazi extermination camp at La w.The broadcast did not make clear ahe'her the British and Americana »ere prisoners of war or civilians and did not state their number.Relating eyewitness description of the mo*» horrible terror-*act,lea, »1 * broadcast said ’he commission Ind established Heinrich Hsmmler’s direct participation In the Lwowattocl .es it said the Oevapo chiefvisited Lwow It wag overrun by the Russians some time ago.The broadcas* said the - ^mmia-slnn's report was confirmed by numerous statements of Soviet citizens. as well as hy French prisoners who were libera'ed by the advancing Red army In Lwow.Children were selee*ed and given to detachments of Hitler youth as targets for shooting practice,” thecommission said.The commission's report said a'hold epidetr. * a as ln*rodticed In on* camp by deliberately puttinf typhoid sufferers among healthyprisoners. It took 5 000 live*, thacommission said
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Sun, Dec 24, 1944
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