The investigation against the Ukrainian SS battalion, “Berg-mann,” of which former Refugee Minister Theodor Oberlaender had been a member, has been closed, according to an announcement by the Bonn prosecution office.
The Association of Victims of Nazism had filed charges against the battalion, accusing its members of committing atrocities in Russia during World War II. The prosecution office said there was no evidence to confirm the charges.
Dr. Oberlaender resigned his Ministry post last May after his activities in the Nazi period had become a subject of widespread contention and debate both in West Germany and abroad.
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