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September 23, 2005
Birthler Wants New Left Party Parliamentarians Investigated
Deutsche Welle reported September 23, 2005 that, Marianne Birthler, "Germany's federal commissioner for the files of the former East German secret police," has called "for an investigation of new parliamentarians to check whether they worked for the organization."
She "already said that seven new members of parliament, all of the new Left Party, are known former members of the Stasi, the former East German secret police," Deutsche Welle noted.
"Birthler, the federal commissioner of the records of the National Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic, added that all of them should let their files be examined.," the publication said. Read more here.
Posted by Munir Umrani at September 23, 2005 07:02 AM
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