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Article: LATVIA: RIGA COURT ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR KALEJS.(concentration camp guard Konrads Kalejs)(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
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- October 25, 2000
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A Riga court ruled on 23 October that an arrest warrant be issued for accused Nazi war criminal Konrads Kalejs, who has Australian citizenship. Kalejs is accused of working as a guard at a concentration camp near Riga during World War II and in that capacity contributing to the massacre of Jews, BNS reported (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 29 September 2000). The arrest ...