Otto Schweinsberger, suspended public prosecutor in the Hesse Ministry of Justice, who is charged with condoning the murder of 75 Jews during the Nazi regime when he served as a judge, was released from jail yesterday.
He was arrested Saturday when it became known that air passage to Cairo had been booked in his name in Munich. Schweinsberger, who denies that he planned to leave the country, will remain under close watch and must report to the police every other day and must remain indoors during the night.
Additional charges of libel have been added to the earlier charge of condoning a crime against humanity. The Frankfurt prosecutor general now asserts that Schweinsberger publicly stated that “it was unfortunate that the National Socialists did not exterminate more Jews.” In 1942 he dismissed charges against an army officer who executed the 75 Jews, stating that the murders had been committed in the “interests of the party.”
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