§ 53. Mr. Gammansasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he is in a position to make a statement on the Government's policy towards de-Nazification in the British zone in Germany.
§ Mr. J. HyndOur policy is to grade Nazis into categories: to intern the dangerous Nazis; and to remove from office all who were more than nominal adherents of the Nazi Party Considerable progress has been made in examining and reviewing individual cases, and it is hoped that this process may soon be concluded. De-Nazification is effected mainly through German panels, on which, particularly in industrial regions, trades' unions and workers' interests are fully represented Nazis at present interned are to be classified and penalties or sanctions applied according to the merits of each case. Sanctions take the form of a further period of internment for the more dangerous cases and for other cases restrictions on movement, financial property, employment and political activities. It has been decided that, except in the more flagrant cases, all German youths born after 1st January, 1919, should be exonerated with a view to encouraging their speedy reintegration into German democratic life.