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Berliner Introduces Bill in Parliament
to Change Cutoff Date to May 1975

(Direct JTA Teletype to The Jewish News)

BONN—A bill introduced in West Germany's parliament
Tuesday would extend for 10 years the effective date of the
statute of limitations on prosecutions of Nazi war criminals
for murder. - — --
Abram came here
The bill was presented by unjustifiable."
Om Geneva where he attended
Ernest Benda of Berlin, a the United Nations Subcommission
member of Chancellor Ludwig on Prevention of Discrimination
Erhard, dominant Christian and Protection of Minorities as the
United States member. (See details
Democratic Party.

Earlier. fifty members of the elsewhere.)
party in the Bundestag, 1 o w e r .' Abram, who is a prominent con-
house, requested Parliament to ex- stitutional lawyer and served on
tend the statute of limitations by the prosecution staff of the NtIrem-
20 to 30 years. The petitioners berg trials. conferred with the
West German minister of justice
were headed by Benda.
The majority of the Bundestag three days after the latter re-
members were reported to be op- iterated his opposition to extend-
posed to extending the statute of ing the deadline for prosecution
limitations. Loading the opposition of Nazi war criminals after next
is Dr. Eugen Gerstenmaier, presi- May 8.
Only last weekend the minis-
dent of the Bundestag.
ter criticized harshly Jewish
Former Defense Minister Franz
demonstrations in the United
Josef Strauss, leader of the Chris-

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tian Democrats in Bavaria, is also States and in Israel in behalf
of postponing the effective date
opposed to the 50-member petition.
Justice Minister Ewald of the statute.
Declaring that the issue was
Bucher Monday
told the

American Jewish Committee presi- solely a matter for the federal
dent, Morris B. Abram. that his government to decide and that it
office will examine the possibili- had to make the decision without
ties of an extension of the May 8, yielding to pressure from Tel Aviv
cutoff date. or anywhere else, the minister of
He said that such a reconsidera- justice said that no one could re-
tion might be based on the fact proach the West German govern-
that "under German law, oneent for not doing enough to
might reasonably consider some bring Nazi criminals to trial.
later date than May 8. 1945 for! The only justifiable reproach
the statute of limitations to be- I was that the Federal Republic was
: not sufficiently
gin."
.- concerned in time
During his meeting Aith the ' with the material from Communist
bloc countries which is now turn-
justice minister, Abram said
ing up, he had claimed.
that both German and interna-
The legal commission of the
tional law provide ample basis
1 7-nation Council of Europe voted
for moving the statute of limita-
unanimously in Paris Monday
tions cutoff date to 1975.
"Because of the patent inability against the application of any sta-
of the German government fully lute of limitations to war crimes.
to prosecute war criminals `until The commission invited member
g
its sovereignty vas truly estab- governments
to propose a resolu-
lished in 1955." he pointed out. lion in the United Nations Gen-
"it can and should consider 1955 eral Assembly stating that a 1948
as the starting date for the - 90- convention against, genocide ruled
out such a limitation on the prose-
year limitation period."
Failure of the West German cution of war criminals.)
In West Berlin, the official pub-
government to extend the statue
of limitations, Abram told the li•ation of the Roman Catholic
Bonn minister of justice. "would Diocese called for abolition of the
be legally indefensible and morally statute of limitations on murder
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to permit unlimited prosecution
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of Nazi war criminals.
Soviet Note on Nazis
The publication, "Petrusblatt,"
Rejected as Offensive; said the government must not let
prosecution be restricted by pro-
Evidence Still Sought
cedural difficulties which might
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
frustrate
the ends of justice.
to The Jewish News)
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BONN—The refusal by the West
German government to accept a Blaustein, Bonn Envoy
Soviet message on Nazi war crimi- Confer in Washington
nals last weekend did not mean
WASHINGTON (JTA)—J a c o b
that the federal government would Blaustein. senior vice president of
reject evidence from the Soviet the Conference on Jewish Mate-
Union on such crimes, Gunther rial Claims Against Germany and
von Hasse, the official government honorary president of the Ameri-
spokesman. said here Monday.
can Jewish Committee, had a long
He said the Soviet message sent conference here with German Am-
in reply to the West German ap- bassador Heinrich Knappstein on
peal last year for information various questions.
about such criminals had been re-
They included the question of
fused because its tone was consid- J remaining restitution and compen-
ered offensive. West Germany ---
l ` - 1 sation claims by victims of Nazi
sued the appeal to all governments ' persecution; extension of the sta-
in connection with its decision tute of limitations deadline on
against extension of the deadline i prosecution of Nazi war criminals;
for prosecution of Nazi criminals. and German scientists working in
The Soviet message called the
Egypt.

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West German government's ap-
peal for information "an )node-
quate attempt to gloss over the
amnesty for fascist murderers
and to render this illegal step
innocuous in the eyes of world
opinion." The Soviet message
also said that the Soviet govern-
ment would make all relevant
documents available to the Bonn
government regardless of what
West Germany did about the
statute of limitations on prose-
cution of Nazi war criminals.

German. Chancellor Erhard Okays
$80 Million in Arms Aid to Israel

BONN—The New York Times
reported Thursday that West Ger-
many has joined other European
nations in delivering $80,000,000
in arms to Israel.
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard
okayed the aid in a 16-month pro-
gram, which involves the shipment
of anti-aircraft guns, helicopters,
U.S.-made tanks and submarines.
The Bonn government is cover-
ing the entire cost on the ground
that West Germany has a moral
obligation to help Israel defend
itself.
Dr. Eugen Gerstenmaier, pres-
ident o fthe Parliament. opposed

senior Bonn politicians who be-
lieve West Germany should limit
aid to allies in the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.

for the past several years is be-
lieved to have been made by for-
mer Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
and former Israel Premier David
Arab League members renewed Ben-Gurion when they met in New
threats to penalize Bonn by recog- York in 1960.
nizing East Germany.
The $80,000,000 program now
IF YOU TURN THE
underway has the cooperation of
fib
France, Spain, Switzerland,
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Sweden and Finland. Although
UPSIDE DOWN YOU WONT
West Germany is paying the entire
FIND A FINER WINE THAN
bill and is providing most of the
material, some of the countries are
acting as forwarding agents.
The basic agreement covering
the military aid program to Israel
Milan Wineries, Detroit, Mich.

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the move, along with other

Catholics Name 'Fiddler'
Best Religious Play of '64

NEW YORK (JTA)—"Fiddler on
the Roof," the musical based on
Sholem Aleichem's tales of East
European Jewish life, has been
named the best religious drama of
1964 by the National Catholic The-
ater Conference.
Harold. Prince, producer, will re-
ceive the group's award with other
awardees at the closing dinner of
the conference on Aug. 26 here.

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Israel High Court Doubles
Foreign Agent's Sentence

TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israel's Su-
preme Court doubled a prison sen-
tence meted out by a lower court
several months ago against an un-
named Jew, described as an immi-
grant from an unidentified, non-
Arab country, convicted of having
been recruited by his land of
origin to act as "an agent" in
Israel.
Originally, the man had been
Van Hasse said that the West
-..._ erman government will by next sentenced to a prison term of 3 1/2
March 15 rule on the juridical years. The higher court fixed his
aspect of the limitations statute prison term at seven years. Ac-
and decide on whether it should cording to the high tribunal, the
be extended past May 8. He added man had been "prepared in his
that if the promised Russian data country of origin for service in
was not made available before Israel."
"Though he was under heavy
March 1, the federal government
might have to reconsider the May pressure," the court ruled, "he
might have contacted Israeli se-
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