NAZIS TO COME BEFORE GERMAN COURTS
(Rpeeial ( 'orrespondent ) .
J.OXBOX, April 24. Preparations are now being made for the trial by dennan Oourts of 20,00b is now ablaze again. the Xazi Partv, tlie Gestapo. Security Service and S.S. . One hundred special eourts consisting of a dennan Judge and two lav inembers of ihe (lennan public, will be set up in the British y.one to conduct the triais which the British administration insists shall be entirelv the responsibilitv of the Ger--■uan jieople. The only British supervision will lie by a legal ofiicer of the Con trol Conimisrtioii in arrangements before the triais commenee. All the men ■ltarged are aiieged to have been mem-' bers of four orgauisations declared •riminal by tlie Xuremberg Four Power Cotirt. The maximum sentenee will be ten years imprisoument, forfeiture of property or a fine. precautions are beii!> takpn to enstire that each of the accused has access to legal advice an». 4iven al! reasonable opportunity to pre pare his defpnce. The triais are expect cd to eost £1,000,000 which will be charged against future German budgets
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Chronicle (Levin), 28 April 1947, Page 5
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179NAZIS TO COME BEFORE GERMAN COURTS Chronicle (Levin), 28 April 1947, Page 5
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