Heinz Weber, defense counsel for Hans Kreuger, one of 15 ex-Nazis being tried at Muenster for the murder of 80,000 Jews and Polish intellectuals during World War II, resigned from his post today, telling the court that Nazis have been trying to tell him how to conduct his case.
Since he took the case for Kreuger, Mr. Weber said, he has been receiving telephone calls and letters from unidentified persons claiming they belong to an SS society, “pestering me and trying to influence my defense procedures. ” “I don’t want the Nazis to tell me what do, ” he told the presiding judge. The court appointed another attorney to act as counsel for Kreuger.
Trial of the 15 defendants has been going on for a long time and brought to court a number of witnesses from Israel, the United States and other countries all of whom testified particularly against Kreuger.
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