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The Arizona Post
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
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US in Germany allows anonymous release of Nazi war criminals; 84 paroled since last fall from Landsberg. Western powers urge Soviets to free 7 top Nazis from Spandau per Adenauer's appeal; includes Neurath, Raeder, Hess, sentenced 1946 at Nuremberg.
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BONN (JTA)—The release of high ranking Nazi war criminals by the American authorities in Germany will be possible from now on without revealing their names under a new policy of the American High Commissioner.
In announcing the new policy, the American High Commission disclosed that 84 German war criminals have been released on parole since last fall from Landesberg prison.
The Western Powers have also proposed to the Soviet authorities in Germany that seven top Nazis to be released from Spandau prison in Berlin, which is controlled by the Big Four Powers.
In asking the Soviet authorities to consider the release of the seven Nazis who were Hitler's right-hand men, the Western Powers acted in response to an appeal from West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, it was stated.
The seven top Nazis were sentenced in 1946 by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremburg. They include Baron Konstantin von Neurath, former Nazi Foreign Minister and "protector" of Czechoslovakia; Erich Raeder, former Grand Admiral; Rudolf Hess,
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Bonn, Germany
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Since Last Fall; 1946
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84 german war criminals released on parole; proposal to release seven top nazis from spandau prison
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The American High Commissioner announced a new policy allowing release of high-ranking Nazi war criminals without revealing names. 84 have been released from Landesberg prison since last fall. Western Powers proposed to Soviet authorities the release of seven top Nazis from Spandau prison in Berlin, in response to an appeal from West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. The seven were sentenced in 1946 by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, including Baron Konstantin von Neurath, Erich Raeder, and Rudolf Hess.