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New Jersey psychiatrist who questioned Nazi war criminals

Dr. Leon Goldensohn at his typewriter
courtesy of the Goldensohn family
Dr. Leon Goldensohn at his typewriter

Here's a story from WBGO's Jon Kalish about two brothers who grew up in Newark and became doctors, then served in World War II. The Goldensohn brothers had very different wartime experiences. The older of the two worked with Nazi war criminals who were convicted at the historic Nuremberg trials.

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