TITLE
An old account
AUTHOR(S)
PUB. DATE
February 1992
SOURCE
U.S. News & World Report;2/17/92, Vol. 112 Issue 6, p11
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports that Erich Mielke, 84, a former chief of the secret police, will be charged this week in Berlin with a crime detailed only in the Nazi file that he murdered two policemen in 1931. Actually, he oversaw 40 years of murder, torture and mayhem in a socialist state dedicated to the people's welfare. Why Mielke will likely go free; The explanation for his freedom by Berlin Justice Senator Jutta Limbach.
ACCESSION #
9202173209
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