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'Romanian Nuremberg' trial gets underway

Interview: Emma WallisSeptember 26, 2014

The trial of former communist-era prison chief, Alexandru Visinescu, opened this week in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. The 88-year-old is charged with committing crimes against humanity as the former commander of a brutal labor camp in the east of the country. Emma Wallis asked DW's Lavinia Pitu how significant the trial, dubbed by some as the "Romanian Nuremberg," is for Romanians.

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