Gerhard Wacher, a Christian Democratic member of the Bundestag, said today he would refuse to give up his seat in Parliament because he would be succeeded by Max Frauendorfer, who was chief personal aide to Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler.
The issue developed when Wacher was appointed state secretary to one of the West German Federal ministries. Frauendorfer, who was defeated twice in bids for election of the West German Parliament because of his Nazi past, was elected by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s Christian Democratic party on January 9 to fill Wacher’s seat. Frauendorfer was elected to the Bundestag vacancy because he had the highest number of votes among the unsuccessful candidates for the seat.
The former Nazi was said to have been in charge of manpower in Nazi-occupied Poland and reportedly, as head of the Krakow Labor Exchange, banned payments to Jewish workers for sickness and all other benefits. He also was reported to have revoked all regulations on working hours for Jewish workers.
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