Re: Evil Nazis

In article <ftbf0o$op6$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Keith F. Lynch <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I just learned that Marinus van der Lubbe, who had been convicted by
>the Nazis of starting the Reichstag Fire in 1933, was exonerated by
>the Germans government earlier this year.  (Unfortunately, he had been
>executed in 1934.)
>
>I was surprised and dismayed, as I had figured that all Nazi-era
>criminal convictions would have been automatically reversed as soon
>as the Nazis were defeated.
>

	Homo***uals famously got to stay in jail after the invasion
and occupation of Germany, although presumably their living conditions
got a little better. 
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defending the English language [...]" T-****rt, cup and tote-bag needs)