Germany to overturn Nazi treason convictions

[chonsigirl]

Good grief, took them 65 years to do this!

BERLIN - Germany's governing parties agreed Wednesday on a blanket measure to overturn Nazi-era verdicts convicting people of treason, nearly 65 years after the end of World War II.

Treason convictions carried the death penalty and were handed down in Nazi Germany for any act deemed harmful to the nation or helpful to the enemy. Under that umbrella, people were convicted of treason for political resistance, aiding Jews, helping prisoners of war and scores of other acts.

Since the end of the war in 1945, the treason convictions had to be handled on an individual basis with a prosecutor weighing whether they should be overturned.

Germany to ax Nazi treason convictions - Europe- msnbc.com

[Odie]

my god, little to late eh?