HC Deb 05 March 1947 vol 434 c79W
107. Mr. Lipson

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement about the Nazi conspiracy recently unearthed in Germany; and if he will indicate the measure of support it was receiving from the German people.

Mr. J. Hynd

We have for some time been assembling information about the ramifications of this German subversive organisation and sufficient information had been collected by 22nd February to enable effective action to be taken in the British and American zones. The object of the organisation was the reviving of German militarism and aggressive nationalism. One hundred and eleven persons are in custody among whom are 48 war criminals, high S.S. officers and other leading personalities. The indications are that the majority of the German people were unaware of the movement.