Leaders of the Board of Deputies of British Jews today indicated to the British Government that there is a strong sentiment in the Jewish community here against the action of American authorities in Germany in reducing the sentences of some Nazi war criminals and releasing others.
Speaking for the Board, Barnett Janner, member of the British Parliament, pointed out to Lord Henderson, Foreign Undersecretary, that in view of the terrible nature of the crimes, there was no reason for reviewing the sentences. He also referred to the deep anxiety which is widely felt in England over a report that there might be a review of sentences of Nazi war criminals imprisoned in the British zone.
In the House of Commons today, Undersecretary Ernest Davies said that the British Government was not consulted by the United States prior to the release of the Nazis in the American zone of Germany. “I would repeat what I said recently, that in cases where the crimes have been committed against humanity, there will not be any remission of sentences,” he declared.
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