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...chief Struthof monsters, Professor August Hirt, SS director of the camp, and Dr. Helmuth Ruhl, are still at large. Tried in absentia, they were sentenced to death...
...another French military court last week, seven of 21 accused were also being tried in absentia, and for the same reason: the French had not been able to lay hands on them. One by one, in quiet, choked, or angry voices, 187 witnesses had told their stories of the Gestapo torture chamber in the Rue de la Pompe in Paris (TIME, Dec.1). When Witness Jacques Benoist tearfully began shouting. Judge Robert Chadefaux cautioned: "You promised to testify without hate. Try to be calm." Retorted Benoist: "It is hard, Monsieur le President, after eight years, to remember these things...
...government, was released in 1951 after five years in jail (TIME, Dec. 17, 1951). He is now confined to his native village of Krasic. Tito has refused to let him return to his archbishopric of Zagreb, and he has refused to leave Yugoslavia. He will probably be invested in absentia...
...years ago French Communist Boss Maurice Thorez, reported to be suffering from a stroke, was flown to Russia on a stretcher. Since then, a stream of visiting French Communist functionaries have reported Thorez in good health. In the 1951 general election he was returned to the National Assembly in absentia. Last September, acting Communist Boss Jacques Duclos announced that Thorez "is preparing to return to France to retake his place at our head...
...Fairchild has a long way to go. He must buck the overwhelmingly Republican Wisconsin press, which has refused him coverage in town after town. He is opposed by the powerful Republican Voluntary Committee, headed by ex-Taft strategist Tom Coleman, which is financing huge in absentia rallys for McCarthy. And toughest of all, Fairchild must crack the myth of Joe McCarthy, America's Number One Commie-Hunter...