President Heinrich Luebke this weekend accepted the resignation of Hans Krueger, Minister for Refugees. The Minister suspended himself last month, after a ministerial committee was appointed to probe charges that he was a Judge of the Hitler Peoples Courts in Poland, during World War II, and took part in handing down severe sentences, including death sentences and long prison terms.
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard received Dr. Krueger’s resignation last week and had for warded it to President Lucbke for final action. Krueger is the second Minister for Refugees to resign in recent years under charges of Nazi activity. Dr. Theodor Oberlaender, one of his predecessors at the head of that Ministry had quit his post after similar charges had been aired against him.
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