Ewald Bucher, Minister of Justice, stated here last night that he is opposed to a general amnesty for Nazi war crimes. At the same time, however, he reiterated his opposition to an extension of the war crimes statute of limitations beyond 1965. Under that statute, war criminals not arrested within 20 years of the official end of World War II could no longer be prosecuted unless they had been arrested price to the 1965 deadline or charged specifically with murder.
At the same time, Germany’s former Attorney General, Max Guede, predicted that, within the next five to eight years, 500 more Nazi war-crime trials will be held in this country. He said these trials must be held “not only because of legal requirements but also to satisfy an inner duty.” Both Mr. Bucher and Mr. Guede made their statements on a radio program broadcast from Frankfurt.
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