A former Mayor of Partenkirchen, who was one of the first 100 “elite” members of the Nazi Party, and who served three years in prison for his Nazi activities, has been awarded an ex-mayor’s pension of $280 a month, and will receive an additional $25,000 in compensation, it was reported here today.
The former Nazi, Jacob Scheck, took his pension claim to court, when the town council refused to pay it. After a series of decisions in lower courts, Scheck’s claim was upheld by the West German High Court. Scheck said he has “learned from the mistakes of the past.”
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