The World : Ex-Nazi’s Extradition OKd

An Argentine federal judge approved the extradition to West Germany of Josef Schwammberger, a former Nazi officer accused of responsibility for the murder of thousands of Jews in Poland during World War II. Judge Vicente Bretal said he turned down Schwammberger’s request to be tried in Buenos Aires because the alleged crimes had taken place before the 76-year-old Austrian was naturalized as an Argentine citizen in 1965. Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, said Schwammberger was involved in the death of 5,000 Jews as commandant of labor camps in Poland, and witnesses have testified that he personally shot hundreds of Jews. Schwammberger was arrested a year ago after the Wiesenthal Center identified him on its 10-most-wanted list.