Auction #38: Worldwide Stamps, Postal History, Worldwide Coins & Worldwide Banknotes

1950, THE PETITION & LETTER ABOUT THE POST WAR TRIAL OF MARTIN WEISS - [Y"S]. HAAUPTSCHARFUHRER ASSIGNED TO THE VILNA GHETTO, INFAMOUS FOR HIS SADISTIC DEEDS. THE SURVIVOURS PETITIONED THE UNITED STATES HIGH COMMISIONER OF GERMANY, TO HAVE HIM EXTRADITED FROM GERMANY TOP STAND TRIAL IN POLAND, THE COUNTRY WHERE HIS CRIMES WERE PERPETRATED.
Martin Weiss was tried in the same month, february 1950, before a  United States court in Wurzburg, Germany, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The letter typed in yiddish, and cached by "the organization of vilna Jews in Poland" signed by Dr. A...
"Most dear friend, we are giving you the newspaper [called] the 'New Life' from 18th 7 this year [1950], in which you would read on page 6, an article published by Tzvi Ryack. By the way, he is our respected secretary of our organization. The article is about' the one caught in Germany, the murderer of the vilna Jews, Martin Weiss'. May his name be erased! we are really asking very mach, because of the importance of the issue, for you to publish the article mentioned, into all the newspapers that you would have an opportunity to. Comments are needless". PS. [In script] "If because of certain local situations, you would be forced to change something in the article, you can do it".