A spokesman for the Justice Ministry today promised full assistance in any interrogation of witnesses in West Germany for the Adolf Eichmann trial in Jerusalem. “We will grant all aid normally provided by the international legal aid agreement between West Germany and Israel, ” the spokesman said.
Police officials disclosed today that the words “Justice for Eichmann” were painted on the walls of the West German Foreign Office Building on the night of April 15 and that the search for the perpetrator had been a complete failure.
Justice Minister Fritz Schaeffer meanwhile told the Bundestag today that the Central War Crimes Commission in Ludwigsburg had received new documents found in the Washington Archives on the Nazi period. He said that while the commission’s study of the material had not yet been completed, the commission expected the documents to be a great aid in its investigation of Nazi war crimes.
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