Total Amnesty for Nazi Criminals Feared;
Statute of Limitations Faces Uncertainty
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 16, 1969-7
Israel Religious Party Fights 7-Day Television
JERUSALEM (JTA)—A cabinet spokesman for the faction said that
decision, reached Monday night af-
ter sharp debate to institute tele-
BONN (JTA)—A West German criminals for as long as required,
murder directly or who killed vision broadcasting seven days a
government decision to abolish the Bonn now seems headed for a mit
week came under bitter attack
on the orders of their superiors.
statute of limitations on Nazi war tortuous and divisive Bundestag
from the National Religious Par-
Other manifestation of a more ty's parliamentary faction. A
crimes without any qualifications wrangle about which Nazis should
right-wing, nationalistic viewpoint
faces heavy parliamentary sled- be let off.")
cited were the delay in Bonn's
ding, raising the question of
Independently of action on Nazi promised signing of the nuclear
whether effective legislation would
emerge. war crimes, the Bundestag had non-proliferation treaty; a harsher
The cabinet decided last month voted to abolish the statute of attitude toward East Germany and
to ask the parliament to abolish limitations on crimes of genocide a decision against the upward re-
the statute and thus permit con- and to extend from 20 to 30 years evaluation of the German mark,
"only our duty to national unity"
in a time of stress had prevented
the NRP from walking out of the
government coalition in protest
against the cabinet decision.
D
tinued investigatioin and new pros- application of the statute to gen- Binder reported. As a result of the
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ecutions of Nazi 'war criminals on eral murder. chancellor's shift, all parties in
Von Thadden said his party the West German parliament have
murder charges after Dec. 31. The
Because they have
!
shifted
to
the
right
on
many
issues,
has
established
contacts
with
cabinet also voted to allow parli-
the Social Democrats, the
ment to consider amendments politicians in Britain, France and including
liberally inclined junior partner in
which would, in effect, block fur- the U.S., though he refused to the
Bonn coalition government,
name
them.
He
spoke
at
the
ther action against Nazis who had
at
committed murder on orders or close of the NPD's preelection Binder said.
Heitherto regarded as "moder-
had abetted murders. Minister of congress in Stuttgart after 600
Justice Horst Ehmke, chief advo- delegates unanimously approved ately liberal," Kiesinger is des-
cate of abolition of the statute of a Nazi-like platform and cheer- cribed by his aides now as a
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permit watering down of the meas- mans to stop feeling guilty over parently welcomes that la b e I,
the country's World War H Binder said. "One of the chan-
ure.
War H deeds.
cellor's aides said that Mr. Kie-
Chancellor Kurt Georg Kie-
Von Thadden said he had "open- singer would actually welcome
singer, who voted in the cabinet ed contacts" with two members of f o r e i g n denuncition, including
to abolish the statute, went along the British parliament in the inter- American criticism . . . as grist
with the parliamentary faction ests of the NPD's "democratic for his campaign mill on a plat-
of the Christian Democratic image." He said that "political form of `defending German na-
Union, which he heads, in sup- friends" in France, including some tional interests,' " Binder wrote.
port of an amendment which members of Parliament, had help-
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The government proposals will NPD
had also succeeded in al)- edible beans, blueberries, cucuin-
come before the Bundestag, the
proaching
"important
American
bers
for
pickles
and
eastern
white
Lower House, probably next politicians."
week, when the Christian Demo-
winter wheat.
crats will seek amendment to Political Stance of Kiesinger
Shifts
to
Right,
'Times'
Reports
make this differentiation.
NEW YORK (JTA)—The politi-
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asserted that this amendment has shifted markedly to the right
would virtually mean a total in the past few months and has
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many would like to see the war ogical but an "election tactic" de-
crimes trials ended and a cur- signed to keep the ultra-nationalist,
tain drawn over that era of the right-wing NPD from winning seats
past. The Christian Democrats in the Bundestag Sept. 28 and to
have also been described as fear- fend off a challenge from Finance
ful that their support of aboli- Minister Franz Josef Strauss, an
tion would send many conserva- arch conservative who beads the
tive and right-wing German Christian Social Union, the Ba-
into the extremist camp of the varian branch of the chancellor's
neo-Nazi National Democratic Christian Democratic Union.
Party (NPD).
The chancellor's aides said his
(The New York Times editorially shift in policy was behind Kiesing-
declared that Chancellor Kiesinger er's support for modification of the
had bowed to conservative pres- cabinet's decision to abolish the
sure. It said that while it was not statute of limitations on Nazi war
clear what effect his action would crimes prosecutions. The chancel-
have on the coalition with the lor has gone along with conserva-
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