An investigation that could lead to criminal prosecution was begun here today into the activities and status of Dr. Franz Schlcgelsbergcr. who had been Deputy Minister of Justice under the Hitler regime.
The former Hitler official was accused of having admitted in a report during World War II, to his superiors, that he had “turned over to the Secret Police” a Jew, named Markus Luftgrass, “for execution.” The report stated that Luftgrass had been turned over despite the fact that he had been sentenced to prison only by a Nazi court at Kattowitz.
The Schlenwig-Holstein Ministry of Justice announced the probe today as a result of an inquiry voiced in the West German parliament, at Bonn, recently, by a member of the opposition Social Democratic Party. The Social Democrat spokesman wanted to know whether Dr. Schlegelsberger was ever prosecuted for war crimes, and whether he is now receiving a government pension.
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