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Bailiff
The Jury Court at Frankfurt is now in session.
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The Auschwitz trial started in 1963. 213 survivors of the concentration and extermination camp gave testimony.
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19 SS men who had served at Auschwitz were charged in the largest trial of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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17 of them were found guilty. Throughout the 20-month trial, none of the defendants showed any remorse.
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Fritz Bauer dies of heart failure in 1968. Josef Mengele lives undisturbed in Brazil until his death in 1979. He dies in a swimming accident.
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The trial is seen as a turning-point in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. The crimes of the Nazi regime could no longer be suppressed.
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In memory of attorney general Fritz Bauer, public prosecutor Joachim Kügler, Georg Friedrich Vogel, Gerhard Wiese, and journalist Thomas Gnielka.