Debate on a final draft of the proposed measure to extend the statute of limitations on the prosecution of major Nazi war criminals will start tomorrow in the Bundestag, lower house of West Germany’s Parliament. The house voted two weeks ago in favor of such extension, but left the details of the draft to its legal committee. The present cut-off date on the prosecution of the major Nazi war criminals is May 5.
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard is expected to participate in tomorrow’s Bundestag debate on the issue, but new difficulties appeared to loom regarding the fixing of a new cut-off date. While previous reports indicated that the legal committee would recommend a new cut-off date, extending the statute 10 years, it seemed today that a majority of Erhard’s Christian Democratic Party favor a four-year prolongation.
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