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On Thurs. 02 Sep 1943 Viktor Abakumov suggested trying some of the Germa.....

1943-09-02

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Viktor Abakumov suggested trying some of the German officers captured at Stalingrad, Russia as war criminals as they were responsible for Soviet deaths at a prisoner of war camp at the village of Alekseevka near Stalingrad. Some of these German officers include camp commandant Rudolf Körpert, Werner von Kunowski, Wilhelm Langheld, and Otto M_der.

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