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Kiesinger feels that the invading Allies may well have saved his life, but the rescue was strictly unceremonious. As a Nazi, Kiesinger was interned in an American compound near Stuttgart, was released after 18 months as a so-called Category IV offender???a willing tool of the Hitler regime. Within a year, the Category IV stigma was removed. Considering testimony from German Catholic and Protestant church leaders, an appeals board commended Kiesinger for having resisted the Nazis "within the opportunities open to him in his position." Says he: "I have clean hands. I know what I did and what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Renewal on the Rhine | 12/9/1966 | See Source »

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