On the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a German city council confirmed honors bestowed on a Nazi supporter. In 1991, Gerhard Heilfurt was granted honorary citizen status in the city of Schneeberg for his work as a German author, though his work during World War II supported the Nazi cause, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said.
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