Nazi war criminals found in UK could be prosecuted

Title

Nazi war criminals found in UK could be prosecuted

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

24 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:02

Description

James Matthews reports on the Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd’s announcement in the Commons (excerpt heard) of results of an investigation concluding there are three Nazi war criminals living in Britain and on the possibility of them being prosecuted in this country. Includes interviews with survivor Marsha Segal on her experiences of Nazi collaborators in Lithuania; and Antanos Gekos(?), one of those accused. For Update programme.

Contributors

Douglas Hurd; James Matthews; Marsha Segal; Antanos Gekos(?)

Keywords

UK; Homicide; Nazis; War crimes; Legal systems; Second World War (1939-1945); Law reform; Update (radio programme); Prosecution services; Lithuania

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