AMNESTY FOR 600 WEST BERLIN PRISONERS
(Rec. 9.30) LONDON. Oct. 12 In honour of the centenary of the German Revolution in 1848, the thiee Western Military Governors announced a general amnesty for Western sector Berliners serving prison sentences of less than six months, says Reuter’s Berlin correspondent. „„„ The amnesty affects 600 prisoners, but does not apply to sentences passed by the Allied Military courts. General Sir Brian Robertson in the interest of the good relations between the British and Germans ordered the release from gaol of the Hamburg City Council Senator, Kurt Masch. A British Military Government court sentenced Masch to six months on September 21 for insulting four British girls in bathing costumes on the beach.
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Grey River Argus, 13 October 1948, Page 5
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