Vilis HāznersJudicial review and denial of motion to appeal

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she said that she saw cardboards containing eight to nine photographs with numbers (Tr. p. 6191). She was also not sure whether she had seen photographs in the United States, despite her brief and recent stay in this country for purposes of testifying (Tr. p. 602-6032). The physical description of the man she saw beat up her husband's sister was approximately 30 years old, not too tall, of medium height (Tr. p. 5923), probably dark haired (Tr. p. 6144). He wore the Latvian army uniform or a police uniform (Tr. p. 5575, 6136). He did not wear glasses (Tr. p. 6127). He was above the rank of a simple policeman (Tr. p. 6148). Mrs. Ljak stated that Inspector Radiwker told her she was very interested in capturing the Nazis who spilled so much blood (Tr. p. 6189). Her concern, according to the witness, was her three innocent children who were murdered (Tr. p. 66110). She became quite emotional and was excused from further testimony (Tr. p. 662-66311). She had also previously testified against another alleged war criminal who had been acquitted and freed (Tr. p. 658-65912).

The next witness was Mr. Jacob Noy who was allegedly born in 1922 in Riga and would have been 19 years old in 1941 (Tr. p. 69313). He testified that on three separate occasions he saw "Hazners" selecting groups of 5 to 10 people inside the Riga gate. The first time was in December of 1941, the second in January of 1942 and the third in February of 1942. Those selected were taken away and never seen again. According to the witness "Hazners" stood in the company of the ghetto commandant Krauser and his assistant Glbnik (Tr. p. 760-77414). He said that he also saw "Hazners" on four or five other occasions, inside the ghetto administration building (Tr. p. 73015). He never saw him again. He learned the name Hazners by word of mouth inside the ghetto (Tr. p. 72616).

The man he believed to be "Hazners" was approximately 40 years old, 1.6 to 1.65 meters (5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 5 inches) tall and wore glasses, according to the witness (Tr. p. 71217). The man wore an S.S. officer's hat with the skull and crossbones symbol on it, just like the hats worn by the ghetto commandant and his assistant (Tr. p. 71818, 76619, 76720). The man also wore a black coat similar to the coat worn by the ghetto commandant and his assistant. These observations were allegedly made from a distance of about five meters (Tr. p. 72321). According to the witness Hazner's collar had an insignia of four squares which to the witness meant the rank of lieutenant (Tr. p. 75922). He also testified that Hazners, the ghetto commandant and his assistant wore belts and pistols. He identified the respondent in court as Hazners (Tr. p. 755-75623).

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