The National Federation of Deportees and Internees protested to the French Government today the appointment of Hans Speidel, one-time Nazi General and Nazi Chief of the General Staff as commander of the Central European Sector of NATO.
The organization noted that Speidel’s name was associated with the Nazi military command in France which had ordered the shooting of French hostages and the deportation of many Frenchmen. It called a dishonor to the French army and French soldiers the assignment of French troops to the command of Speidel.
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