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German Criminal Court Acquits Nazi Charged with Producing Anti-jewish Film

April 27, 1949
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A German Criminal Court has acquitted Nazi Germany’s leading film producer, Veit Harlan, of a charge of committing a crime against humanity in making the film “Jew Suess,” to support the Nazi anti-Jewish campaign. The prosecutor, who had asked for a two-year jail sentence for the film producer, said he would consider an appeal.

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