Weekend demonstrations planned in Italy regarding a pardon for a convicted Nazi war criminal were banned for fear of violence. After supporters of former Nazi officer Erich Priebke announced they would stage a rally urging an amnesty for the former SS officer, the Rome Jewish community and an association of World War II deportees had planned counterdemonstrations.
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