A Bavarian Parliamentary investigating committee set up in the summer of 1951 to study the case of Philip Auerbach, one-time head of the Bavarian Restitution Office, today concluded its mission.
The committee, which held 31 public hearings punctuated by Bavarian party wrangling, will make its report to Parliament after the Easter recess. With Auerbach dead, the committee is expected to give a complete whitewash to the government officials responsible for his prosecution.
Although set up to guarantee Auerbach justice in what was recognized as a complicated situation entangled with Bavarian politics, the group was never able to guarantee him a fair trial in a calm public atmosphere. Auerbach, charged with fraud in office, committed suicide last year immediately after he was convicted by a German court.
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