
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 4, 1990                   TAG: 9004040269
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: BONN, WEST GERMANY                                LENGTH: Short

NAZI FUGITIVE TO FACE TRIAL NEXT MONTH

A former SS captain accused of killing thousands of people when he commanded Nazi labor camps is expected to be extradited from Argentina next month to face trial, the government said Tuesday.

Argentine authorities approved the extradition last month of Joseph Schwammberger, who has reportedly been in ill health since his arrest outside the north-central city of Cordoba on Nov. 13, 1987. He had been living in Argentina for decades, most of the time in La Plata, near Buenos Aires.

Schwammberger, 78, had been a fugitive since he disappeared from a train in 1948 while being taken from Germany to U.S. military authorities in Austria for trial. He reportedly found a way to Argentina.

Prosecutors allege he was responsible for the deaths of up to 5,000 people.

- Associated Press

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