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Describes the crimes committed against Hungarian Jews forced to work as laborers in Austria from the summer of 1945 until the end of WWII & subsequent trials of the Austrian perpetrators. It is contended that most defendants either pleaded not guilty or, when evidence against them was overwhelming, argued that they were required to follow orders. Trials conducted in the Austrian people's courts & the British courts are examined, maintaining they are an excellent source of information regarding the fate of the Hungarian Jewish slave laborers in Austria. A comparison of Austrian & Anglo-American criminal & procedural law, & their applications, shows that numerous Austrian perpetrators received severe sentences during the first years following the end of the war; however, verdicts & sentences in both courts became more lenient with the passage of time. Special attention is given to scandalous acquittals by grand juries during the 1960s. It is contended that the trials reflect the increasing repression of the war crimes of Austrian Nazi perpetrators in postwar Austria. J. Lindroth