Two solemn rites were conducted here yesterday by war veterans, members of the French Parliament and leaders of the French Jewish community, protesting against plans in West Germany to halt further prosecutions of Nazi war criminals when the German statute of limitations in such cases goes into effect May 8.
One of the demonstrations was held at the Crypt of Deportation on the He la Cite, in the heart of Paris. The other took place in front of the Tomb to the Unknown Jewish Martyr. The 400 participants represented various war veteran groups, including the Jewish War Veterans, and organized former victims and deportees who had suffered under the Nazi regime.
The demonstrators, who marched silently to the two sites but carried the official flag and emblems of the various groups, had been organized by the Council of Jews of France. Among the prominent personalities attending the rites were Israel Ambassador Walter Eytan; and Prof. Rene Cassin, vice-president of the French Council of State.
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