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The Detroit Jewish News, 1989-08-11

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1989

he British government
is expected to enact
legislation in October
that will allow British courts
to try alleged Nazi war
criminals who found refuge in
Britain after the war.
The move follows the recent
publication of a report by an
official commission of inquiry,
headed by Britain's former
Director of Public Prosecu-
tions, Sir Thomas
Hetherington.
Members of the commis-
sion, who traveled the world
to investigate charges —
many made by the Los
Angeles-based Simon
Wiesenthal Center found
"sufficient evidence to sup-
port criminal proceedings for
murder against some persons
living in the United
Kingdom."
Their report noted that
"their prosecution could act
as a deterrent to others in
future wars. 1b take no action
would taint Britain with the
slur of being a haven for war
criminals.
"The cases we investigated
disclose horrific instances of
mass murders and we do not
consider the lapse of time
since the offenses were com-
mitted, or the age of the of-
fenders, provide sufficient
reason for taking no action."
The 109-page report, which
took 17 months to compile,
added that because of the age
of both witnesses and
suspects, "proposed legisla-
tion should be introduced and
brought into force as quickly
as possible."
Of the 300 names of war-
crimes suspects submitted to
the inquiry, the commission
investigated only a sample
and found there was adequate
evidence to launch prosecu-
tions against four, one of
whom died earlier this year.
The report recommended that
further investigation should
be conducted in 75 cases, and
a further 46 suspects should
be traced.
It said that Britain should
amend its law so that British
courts, which currently do not
have jurisdiction over crimes
committed by non-British
citizens on foreign territory,
will be able to try the
suspects.
It also recommended pro-
cedural changes to judicial
hearings that would allow
evidence to be taken by televi-
sion link from people living
outside Britain and that

recorded
allow
would
statements by witnesses who
have since died.
The war crimes under in-
vestigation mostly involve
cases of the mass murder of
Jews allegedly perpetrated in
Germany or German-
occupied territory in Eastern
Europe, now under Soviet
control, by men who have
since settled in Britain.
Thousands of East Euro-
pean refugees were encourag-
ed to settle in Britain im-
mediately after the war to
ease the critical labor shor-
tage. Virtually no attempt
was made at the time to in-
vestigate their wartime
history.
The commission took into
account the experiences of

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Canada and Australia which
have both recently instituted
changes to make possible the
prosecution of war crimes
suspects who settled in their
countries.
It did not, however, recom-
mend following their example
by creating a special unit of
lawyers, historians and police
to conduct the prosecutions.
Instead, it recommended that
substantial additional
resources be provided to ex-
isting authorities and that
legal aid be provided for
defendants.
British Home Secretary
Douglas Hurd, who ordered
the investigation, is known to
favor accepting the report,
but he announced last week
that he would defer his deci-
sion on introducing the
necessary legislation until
parliament had had an oppor-
tunity to debate the matter.
Given the strength of the
report and the support of the
home secretary, however, it is
considered virtually certain
that steps will be taken to
change the law and start the
process of bringing the
suspects to trial.
Addressing the Commons,
Britain's lower House of

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