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| Subject: Statist WWII files on torture censored: researchers Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:29 am | |
| Names of collaborators, records of torture and murder, and secret burial sites of victims of war crimes - they are the World War II files that have been deemed too gruesome for Australians to know about.
Researchers this week revealed to Fairfax Media scores of World War II files that appear to have been censored over the past 20 years by the Australian Archives.
The redactions have hidden the names of collaborators, concealed the locations of graves of murdered civilians, and obscured details of torture and murder meted out to Australian soldiers.
The censorship has been undertaken using paragraph 33 (1) (g) of the Archives Act, which deals with information that could unreasonably disclose information about the personal affairs of a person.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/wwii-files-on-torture-censored-researchers-20131011-2vdpo.html#ixzz2hTkGnYnP
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