A leader of the opposition Free Democratic Party has attributed riots and demonstrations by German youngsters in part to President Heinrich Luebke’s failure to answer charges that he worked for the Nazis during World War II.
Willy Weyer, Minister of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia, told a Free Democratic Par. congress that if Dr. Luebke took no legal action against charges that he helped build concentration camps during the war, the accusations would be repeated and suspicion would be aroused that they were true. The charges against President Luebke have appeared in West German and American magazines and have also come from sources in East Berlin. On the advice of the Government Dr. Luebke has declined to file suit for slander.
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