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he is gray now." (tr. 2531) Loewenstein remembered that Hazners "was wearing glasses before [and] his face was much rounder." (tr. 3542)

2. Pre-trial identification

   The pre-trial identification procedure used in the instant case has been fully described by the witnesses and in the exhibits. Each witness recounted to an investigator a beating or other incident he had observed in Riga in 1941. The witness was then shown a group of photographs from which he selected the one (or ones) depicting the perpetrator of the incident about which he had just spoken. All five witnesses identified photo #4 in exhibit G-5 as a picture of the man they had seen persecuting Jews at the Prefecture or at the ghetto gate after the German occupation of Latvia in 1941. (Mendelkorn, tr. 863; Wulfowitz, tr. 2514; Loewenstein, tr. 3535; Wagenheim, tr. 406; Dolgizer, tr. 5137) In addition, two of the four witnesses who saw arrays which included a second, later (1956), photo of Hazners identified both pictures. 41/

Photo #1 in Exhibit G-5 is a enlargement of the 1956 photo which is attached to Hazners' visa application. (Exhibit G-4) According to


41/I.e. photo #1 and #4 in Exhibit G-5. The two witnesses who identified both pictures were Mendelkorn (tr. 868) and Wagenheim (tr. 4609) Dolgizer was not shown the picture of Hazners in civilian clothes. Loewenstein and Wulfowitz were shown both but only identified the earlier picture, #4.

1Testimony of Mendel Wulfowitz, 27-October-1977, direct, transcript pp. 232–253.
2Testimony of Meier Loewenstein, 27-October-1977, direct, transcript pp. 319–355.
3Testimony of Ber Mendelkorn, 25-October-1977, direct, transcript pp. 15–93.
4Testimony of Mendel Wulfowitz, 27-October-1977, direct, transcript pp. 232–253.
5Testimony of Meier Loewenstein, 27-October-1977, direct, transcript pp. 319–355.
6Testimony of Ber Mendelkorn, 25-October-1977, direct, transcript pp. 15–93.
7Testimony of Shabtai Dolgizer, 31-October-1977, direct, transcript pp. 475–517A.
8Testimony of Ber Mendelkorn, 25-October-1977, direct, transcript pp. 15–93.
9Testimony of Jakob Wegenheim, 31-October-1977, cross examination, transcript pp. 444–469.
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