The German Parliament is expected to consider legislation that would grant a blanket pardon to hundreds of thousands of Germans believed to have been wrongfully convicted of crimes against the Nazi regime. If enacted, the law would rehabilitate people, such as Jews and resistance fighters, who were jailed or ordered executed by Nazi courts.
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